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Colin Hines – ‘#No Brexit Jeremy Corbyn’: saving the UK economy and getting Labour elected

February 14, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

A different Remain. Colin Hines is one of the few trying to promote remain, while correcting the failed policies that resulted in Brexit. The question is if the Tories and the EU are seeking an […]

Corruption

Nicholas Shaxson – How to Crack Down on Tax Havens: Start With the Banks

February 14, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Nick Shaxson provides a good introduction to the opaque world of tax havens. Read here  

Corruption

Geroge Monbiot: Resist a US trade deal. Your life may depend on it

February 14, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Isn’t it convenient that people are poor. As Bertolt Brecht famously wrote: “First comes food, then morals”. If you are hungry, it matters little what you eat. The increasing poverty in Europe has raised the […]

Deregulation

Asbjørn Wahl – The Crisis of Social Democracy

February 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

In Norway the labour Party “changed from being a mass organization for working people into an administrator of the class compromise”, writes Asbjørn Wahl. Neo-lieralism has no desire for compormise and thus no use for […]

Deregulation

Ann Pettifor – The financialisation of the housing market

February 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Sky.rocketing house prices have nothing to do with a shortage of housing. It is the result of speculation. To make matters worse, property has become financialised, thus converting it from a place to live and […]

EU politics

Gavin Kelly: Rebooting the rank and file: why there’s still hope for the unions

February 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

A union revival? In these bleak times, it seems wishful thinking. Maybe not, as Gavin Kelly writes. Read here  

Austerity

Thomas Piketty – Parcoursup: could do better

February 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Inequality in French higher education. Between austerity and opacity, it is difficult to create a truly effective system of higher education. Read here  

Economics

Chris Dillow: NEOLIBERALISM AS LACK OF SELF-RESTRAINT

February 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

“…neoliberal bosses have something in common with child molesters. Both lack restraint in the pursuit of their own self-gratification in situations where they think they can get away with it.” The problem is not greed […]

Corruption

New York Times: Greek Politicians May Have Taken Bribes from Drug Maker, Prosecutors Say

February 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Once again it is the United States uncovering massive corruption in Europe. This time it is the political nomenclature of Greece, many leading figures in the EU. What has come to light there would be […]

Deregulation

John Harris: Profiteers make a killing on Airbnb – and erode communities

February 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Sharing Economy is simply capitalism in new clothes. Housing shortage is bewailed throughout Europe, but important causes like Airbnb ignored. Nor does anyone mention how communities, especially in inner cities, are being destroyed by […]

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