Economics
Steve Keen: Some Preliminary Questions for MMT
Steve Keen responds to questions with regards to Modern Monetary Theory reaised by Bill Mitchell. Read here
Month: May 2018
Climate Crisis
Digiconomist: Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
The entire Bitcoin network now consumes more energy than a number of countries, based on a report published by the International Energy Agency. Read here
Finance
Richard Murphy and Saila Stausholm: The Big Four – A study of opacity
Not recent, but still current today, concerning The secret world of the Big 4 firms of accountants
EU politics
Sigrún Davíðsdóttir’s Icelog: Iceland: from fishing to tourism / 10 years on
Whatever happened to Iceland. If you wish to get up to speed on developments in Iceland, this article is well worth reading. Read here
Austerity
Chris Dillow: On neoliberalism
For further reading on the topic please also see today’s article “Yes, neoliberalism is a thing. Don’t let economists tell you otherwise” by Christine Berry. Read here
Deregulation
Christine Berry – Yes, neoliberalism is a thing. Don’t let economists tell you otherwise
BRAVE NEW EUROPE has posted a number of articles defining what neo-liberalism is. It is not difficult because it is abstract, but because it is so multifaceted. The shortest definition, which we know is “Deregulation, […]
EU politics
Ernesto Gallo – Italy in an age of authoritarian liberalism: How the recent history of Italian capitalism has been shaped by populists and technocrats
Italy has its own brand of democracy, which has very little to do with what is in textbooks.. That is why scholars and pundits have so much difficulty coming to grips with it. Ernesto Gallo, […]
Economics
Kate Raworth – A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow
Kate Raworth’s TED Talk on the Doughnut Economy Watch here
EU politics
Ross Douthat: The Fall of the German Empire
An extremely interesting article. Highly recommended. Read here
Austerity
Owen Jones: Carillion is no one-off scandal. Neoliberalism will bring many more
Carillion was a British mulitnational facilities, services, and construction company, which primarily lived from the outsourcing of UK government contracts until is went dramatically went bust earlier this year with massive losses of public money, […]