Economics
Michael Roberts Blog – Turkey: total meltdown
It will be interesting to see how Erdogan manoeuvres Turkey out of this crisis…or not. Read here
Month: August 2018
Environment
The Guardian: Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man’s cancer
In November 2017 the EU permitted glyphosate to be used for a further five years in the Union. This was achieved due to Germany changing its vote in favour, which is little wonder as the […]
Economics
Politics Theory Other – Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze joins me to discuss his new book, ‘Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World’. Listen here
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – Taxcast for August
In the August 2018 Tax Justice Network monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast: Why are so many Bermudians leaving their beautiful island? And why have inequality levels become so extreme despite it’s huge offshore services centre? […]
Austerity
Geoff Tily: UK Workers have suffered the most dismal decade for growth on record
Why the Tories are still in government is a conundrum. One can be bitter about how Labour turned against the workers, but this is simply intolerable. And do not forget the accomplides of the Tories, […]
EU politics
Jonathan Cook – The Crisis in Corbyn’s Labour Party is Over Israel, Not Anti-Semitism
In the past months there has been a great deal of discussion concerning anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party. Most of it on both sides, but especially in the corporate media, has been anything but […]
EU politics
Éric Fassin – The neo-fascist moment of neoliberalism
How can we understand the simultaneous rise of the far right and the authoritarian evolution of neoliberalism? We need an antifascism that can highlight the latter’s role in this “neo-fascist moment.” Also read “How the […]
EU politics
Peter Bloom – We live in a populist age – but who are ‘the people’?
For the many, not the…who? EPA/Andy Rain Peter Bloom, The Open University Populism is seemingly sweeping the globe, threatening the established status quo. Optimistically, it promises to bring about much needed change to what appears […]
EU politics
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalonia: A new king with old rules
What is becoming increasingly clear is that the Social Democrats have no solutions to Spain´s most pressing problems. Besides a few superficial actions will be the new enforcers of neo-liberalism in Spain. Somehow that has […]
EU politics
Michael Roberts – Greece: on parole
Today Greece officially came out of the strait jacket of the so-called Troika bailout programme. Outside of Syriza, probably no one in Greece will be celebrating Read here