EU politics
Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
What we are seeing cannot be ignored. At the same time, we have to ask the question: How did we get here? Read here
Month: June 2018
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Ireland’s Government Using Fake Data to Pretend Dairy Emissions Aren’t Rising Fast
Ireland’s Agriculture Minister, Michael Creed and his officials are mounting a co-ordinated campaign to mislead the Irish parliament (Dáil) about the true state of spiralling dairy emissions, DeSmog.uk has learned. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Setting the appropriate objectives for economic policy
Richard Murphy seems to be heading for the title of the “People‘s Economist”. In this piece he does a brilliant job of explaining economics and state finances in a simple (not simplistic) and systematic fashion. […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The Meseberg Declaration – don’t hold your breath waiting
The EU as we know it: Much ado about nothing. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: The UK’s financial regulators are presiding over widespread corporate failure
As we are probably heading into the next financial crisis, afterwards there will be the great outcry concerning the lack of regulation. It never went away following the last financial crisis. Read here
Economics
Ann Pettifor: Irish house prices sky-high due to finance not scarcity
This all sounds frightfully familiar. It is a problem that currently extends through much of Europe. Read here
Uncategorized
Stephen Burgen: ‘Tourists go home, refugees welcome’: why Barcelona chose migrants over visitors
The Catalans appear to be extremely politicised, addressing various issues, be it independence, housing, debt relief, unemployment, tourism, or refugees – all in a progressive manner. Europe can learn a lot from the Catalans – […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: Erdogan’s Turkey
A good summary of the acute economic problems currently facing Turkey. Read here Wikimedia Commons
Economics
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Book review by Branko Milanovic My first Summer book to read and review is Kate Raworth’s very successful “Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like the 21st-century economist”. It is an ambitious book whose objective […]
EU politics
GUE/NGL: Apple’s systematic EU tax dodging exposed by new study
This shows what a sham the tax policy of the EU for international corporations is. Read here