Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The destruction of Greece – the slow-burn decline of a nation
It appears that Alexis Tsirpas`s socialists have become true social democrats. Read here
Month: October 2018
EU politics
Aditya Chakrabortty: How would Corbynism work in government? Here’s a clue
The difference between a conservative and social democratic party: A conservative party kicks the people in the teeth, then does it again. A social democratic party kicks the people in the teeth, says “sorry, then […]
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot: The one good thing about Brexit? Leaving the EU’s disgraceful farming system
One could add the EU´s disgraceful global warming policy, or its disgraceful economic policy, or its disgraceful tax policy, or its disgraceful refugee policy, or……. Read here
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Why interest rates are low and Italy needs our support
The political causes of ultra low interest rates in Europe is still being ignored. While those who fail to comprehend that we have to support Italy are promoting nationalism there and in Germany. Heiner Flassbeck […]
Austerity
Adam Standring – Towards a post-crisis moral political economy?
Recent calls for economic justice, and particularly intergenerational justice, suggest a new post-crisis moral political economy could be emerging Adam Standring is a PhD student at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Cross-posted from the […]
EU politics
Reuters: Unions accuse Chevron of ‘massive’ tax avoidance via the Netherlands
International and Dutch unions filed a complaint with a global trade body on Tuesday accusing Chevron Corp. (CVX.N) of funneling billions of euros through letter box companies in the Netherlands to avoid taxation. This will […]
Economics
Steve Keen – The Many Problems of Economics
This was a quite deep and extensive interview, made accessible nonetheless by David’s intelligent questions and requests for clarification. In just 27 minutes, we cover the fallacies in microeconomics the need to think of capitalism […]
EU politics
Turkish Minute: Turkish gov’t removes deputy head of TurkStat after inflation announced at 24.52 pct
If there was any doubters of Turkey being ready for the EU, this proves them wrong. This demonstrates Erdogans ability to decisively deal with economic crisis. He is probably just one dramatic austerity programme away […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor – On Theresa May, Danny DeVito and ‘other people’s money’.
Once again we are posting an article about how governments finance themselves. We do this because most people in the EU still believe that taxes are the source of government spending. It is not. In […]
Austerity
Stathis Kouvelakis & Costas Lapavitsas: Syriza’s Repressive Turn
Alexis Tsipras’s government promised to end austerity. Now it’s defending the banks against people evicted from their homes — and persecuting those who protest. Read here