Economics
Mark Blyth – Death by Debt
Mark Blyth covers a number of topics around debt. Informative and entertaining as usual. Watch here
Month: June 2018
EU politics
The Local: Germany made billions on Greece’s debt crisis, Berlin confirms
This is only the tip of the iceberg. The low value of the Euro due to weak economies in the euro-group has been vital for Germany’s trade surplus, not to mention the very low interest […]
EU politics
Alex Holder, Michael Mair, and Elizabeth Minor, – Stealth Bombing: Europe’s Hidden Involvement in the United States’ Drone Wars
The authors examine the role fo European nations in the armed drones programme of the United States. Amnesty International has argued states who provide assistance to other states whose operations breach international law are themselves […]
EU politics
Bağlan Deniz – Turkey: Can Muharrem İnce overtake Erdoğan?
In this second piece on the Turkish elections, The New Pretender deepens its analysis of Muharrem İnce’s left populist campaign. According to opinion polls, only 7 to 1% would separate İnce from Erdoğan in the second round […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic – Lecture at John Adams Institute
Economist Branko Milanovic presents a new approach for the age of globalization. Who are the winners and losers of globalization? One of the world’s leading economists of inequality, the former World Bank economist Branko Milanovic, […]
Austerity
Larry Elliot: The right sees opportunity in a crisis. Why can’t the left?
The liberal Remainers have come up with no ideas, no analyses concerning changing the conditions that caused Brexit. They just want to have things as they were. They are militantly agitating for this. That is […]
EU politics
Politico – Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Brussels’ oncoming ‘illiberal’ headache
The analysis is wrong. The EU is breeding such populists in the former East Block nations. They successfully enforce the neo-liberal policy of the EU, which, as in Southern Europe, is pushing much of the […]
EU politics
Andrew Dowling – ‘We were playing poker and bluffing’. The crisis in Catalan independence
BRAVE NEW EUROPE is a broad church. We provide contrary analyses and opinions as long as it is based on a progressive approach. One of our first questions following the brutal suppresion of the Catalan […]
Austerity
Open Democracy – Greece: in need of a debt relief that actually works
It’s not too late to steer the Greek economy and the EU towards a sustainable development course for the twenty-first century. There are tools to deliver this. Policy-makers should use them. By Olivier Vardakoulias is […]
Economics
Adam Leaver – Intangible concerns: Goodwill and the risk of pro-cyclicality in corporate America
Much has been written about the growth of debt since the Great Financial Crisis. But whilst leverage is a worry, much less has been written about the problem of asset quality. At first reading this […]