Corruption
Craig Mackay – Endemic Corruption in the UK?
Europeans believe they have very little corruption. That is because laws have been created to make corrruption legal – at least when it is on a large scale. Read here
Month: February 2018
Economics
Branko Milanovic – How is the world ruled?
It’s a funny old world – or one in which lies are formed into a reality to ensure power. Read here
Corruption
Daniele Albertazzi and Arianna Giovannini – The 2018 Italian election: old faces, new parties, familiar certainty
Italian elections are rapidly nearing. Although this article left out Liberi e Pari (Free and Equal) it ohterwiseprovides a good overview. The conclusion seems realistic enough: after the elections there will be no change, just […]
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck – German Coalition Agreement: No new beginning, no dynamism, no cohesion, just the same old mercantilism
The Grand Coalition Agreement in Germany contains of a lot of words, yet little content. It does not fulfil what it promises, but is simply a programme for the intensified continuation of German mercantilism. Heiner […]
Austerity
John Weeks – Austerity
John Weeks explains why one does not need an economist to understand economics, why austerity in Britain was and is unnecessary, the importance of gilts in a society, and lots more.
Austerity
Sergio Cesaratto – Tragic but not serious: the surreal document of the 14 Franco-German economists
Surrealism is king! Germany and other European neo-liberal policy makers are trying to take control of Italy’s finances. As usual, neo-liberal economists are there to help. Sergio Cesaratto is Professor of Growth and Development Economics […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor – Do tax revenues finance government spending?
No. There are a number of misconceptions of how state finances function. In this piece Ann Pettifor adresses one of these: why taxes are not used for spending. Ann Pettifor – Economist, director of Policy […]
Corruption
EU politics
Aditya Chakrabortty – The Alternatives: how a Liverpool suburb upended its housing market
This is the real stuff: Taking back power. After decades of neglect from local government, the the citizens of the Granby area in Liverpool took matters into its own hands to provide affordable housing. Read […]
Finance
Anna Coote – Basic income: Robbing Peter to pay Paul
No wonder universal basic income has so many neoliberal champions. It saps employee power and could actually help dismantle the welfare state, explains Anna Coote. Anna Coote is a Principal Fellow at New Economics Foundation […]