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Month: October 2018

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Andreas Møller Mulvad and Rune Møller Stahl: The Real Denmark

October 23, 2018 MDRose 0

An excellent, objective piece concerning the current state of Denmark and the Scandinavian nations. In the rest of Europe Scandinavia is not villified, it simply does not exist as it does not fit in the […]

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Environment

The Guardian – Monsanto trial: judge rejects bid to overturn landmark cancer verdict

October 23, 2018 MDRose 0

This is very mixed news. When things get tough for transnational corporations, the American justice system gets going. Besides, Germany´s pharmaceutical transnational Bayer still has the Trump administration, the Republicans, and of course the Supreme […]

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Simon Wren-Lewis: MMT and Labour’s fiscal rule

October 23, 2018 MDRose 0

Simon Wren-Lewis, one of the architects of the British Labour Party´s “Fiscal Rule”, replies to Bill Mitchell`s criticism (read here and here) Read here

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Bill Mitchell: The British Labour Fiscal Credibility rule – some further final comments

October 23, 2018 MDRose 0

There is no doubt that “the markets” will viciously attack Britain. The question is, what to do? That the Labour Party would prefer not to be confronted with this problem and is trying to appease […]

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Branko Milanovic – What is to be done? Fifteen authors in search of a solution.

October 22, 2018 MDRose 0

It´s odd. Not that we set much store in rules, but no one has us breaking them as frequently as Branko Milanovic. We are placing his book review in our main section simply because it […]

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Transport & Environment – EU air quality rules are failing, says Court of Auditors

October 22, 2018 MDRose 0

The EU’s air quality laws are failing. That is the conclusion of two reports, one by the EU’s Court of Auditors into ambient air quality standards and monitoring, the other by T&E that shows the […]

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Corruption

AP: Spain arrests 4, seizes 115 properties in Venezuelan probe

October 22, 2018 MDRose 0

This is the result of the financialisation of homes. Dirty money, be it from developing nations or the rich in the advanced economies is seeking secure havens. And what is more secure than nations, like […]

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EU politics

German Foreign Policy: The EU’s Game of Chicken

October 21, 2018 MDRose 0

Brexit from a German leftist perspective. Read here  

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EU politics

The Irish Times: ‘Enough excuses!’ – France’s Le Maire grows impatient over digital tax

October 21, 2018 MDRose 0

Irish Republic and Luxembourg strongly against levy on online services. Germany supporting them. Read here

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Economics

Dani Rodrik – From Globalization to Hyper-Globalization and Back

October 21, 2018 MDRose 0

“Where does the backlash against globalization come from? Where is it headed? And what would a better globalization look like?” Dani Rodrik [drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu] is an economist whose research covers globalization, economic growth and development, and […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

May 8, 2026 0

Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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