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Laurie Macfarlane – Why the distribution of wealth has more to do with power than productivity

September 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The distribution of wealth has little to do with contribution or productivity, and everything to do with politics and power. Laurie macfarlane is Economics Editor at openDemocracy Cross-posted from Open Democracy Image: Glenn Halog, CC […]

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EU politics

Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis, Ken Loach, Brian Eno, Des Freedman, Justin Schlosberg and 21 others: Flawed reporting on antisemitism claims against the Labour party

September 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is a brilliant example of how corporate media function s in order to destroy any attempts at rolling back neo-liberalism. The coverage was an asbolute disgrace. Read here

Finance

The Globalization Backlash by Colin Crouch

September 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book Review by David Shirreff The reaction of ordinary people to globalization gets the blame for many upsets including, for example, the surprise election of Donald Trump in America in 2015, and Britain’s “Brexit” vote […]

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Larry Elliott – Leftwing Brexiters want out from the ‘transnational juggernaut’

September 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Larry Elliot explains why he thinks a leftwing Remain has no chance: They offer no alternatives to a neo-liberal EU that is destroying democratic Europe and have even less of  plan for change than the […]

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Torsten Bell – Demography is the new class war

September 29, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Since Margaret Thatcher, there has been a persistent effort to abolish the idea of class conflict. The newest attempt is this one by Torsten Bell of the Resolution Foundation. Still the facts are interesting, which […]

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EU politics

Chris Bambery – Spain: What are human rights worth?

September 28, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Much of the EU political elite has great difficulties with human rights. First of all, they are not included in the Four Freedoms of the EU. Second, neo-classical economists are having incredible difficulty figuring out […]

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Austerity

Sergio Cesaratto: Interview – Will Italy destroy the Eurozone?

September 28, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

“Europe’s problem is the German élite’s mindset, informed by a mercantilist model that insists on domestic wage and fiscal moderation.” Read here

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Economics

Positive Money – Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money, Part II: Money and Debt

September 27, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is the second in a series of blogs looking at the relationship between Modern Monetary Theory and the proposals made by Positive Money. Rob Macquarie is an economist at Positive Money and leads its […]

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Branko Milanovic – Hayekian communism

September 27, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

BRAVE NEW EUROPE does not cover China or Asia, but this piece by Branko Milanovic contains a number of intriguing thoughts, so we decided to break our own rules. Branko Milanovic is an economixt specialised […]

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ICCT – Lobbyists sowing confusion on the European Commission’s proposal for truck CO2 standards

September 27, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) is at again. The lobby organisation of car and lorry manufacturers dictates policy to the EU, which is then ordered by Germany ot be adopted into law. Let us […]

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