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Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett – Inequality is bad for your mental health

June 8, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The authors explain how inequality leads to a fracturing of communities, increases loneliness and leaves people with less time to care for friends, relatives and the disabled. A society where your status is judged by […]

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Austerity

Robin McAlpine: From Yes Bikers to Yes Bankers – Why the Growth Commission gets its strategy terribly wrong

June 8, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is truly thought provoking article. It may be about Scotland and independence, but the general political analysis has so many interesting and useful aspects that it worth reading – and the article is no […]

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Corruption

Corporate Europe Observatory – Shutting down ePrivacy: lobby bandwagon targets Council

June 7, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Industry lobbyists who want to continue monetising users’ online data are battling against new ePrivacy regulations, targeting EU member states in the Council. And some member state governments are only too happy to help. Adapted […]

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Luigi Zingales : The Italian president’s decision to reject an elected government makes neither economic nor political sense.

June 7, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

In the 20th century, when electoral results did not please the established elite and its international allies, tanks rolled down the street. In the 21st century, the reaction is less bloody, but no less intrusive. […]

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The Irish Times: Spanish Justice System again involved in scandal

June 7, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Once again Spain’s democracy is showing cracks of a fascist past that has never been resolved. Read here

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Politico: How Draghi lost Italy

June 7, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

An interesting take on Draghi’s role in Italian finances and politics. Read here  

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Climate Crisis

The Guardian: ‘Impossible-to-cheat’ emissions tests show almost all new diesels still dirty

June 7, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Whoever knows the ICCT also knows that the numbers are spot on. There are few organisations that are so meticulous in their work. What this tells us is that the lies of car manufacturers   and […]

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EU politics

Felix Arndt – Why the EU should dismantle Facebook

June 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Too big to like? shutterstock.com Felix Arndt, De Montfort University Facebook recently announced that it will add a dating app feature to its offering. This will join its portfolio of messaging, event marketing, blogging, instant […]

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Deregulation

Tom Hunt – Building up the bundle of sticks. New ideas for union organising

June 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

If there are to be progressive changes in European society, unions will play a major role. Following decades of neo-liberal policy they are seriously weakend. To make matters worse, many tend to be reactionary, expecially […]

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EU politics

eurodad – Debt justice prevails at the Belgian Constitutional Court: Vulture funds law survives challenge by NML Capital

June 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This court ruling  is not to be underestimated. What happened it Argentina was one of the great financial scandals of this decade – supported by US courts in service of US financial corporations. Something has […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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