Economics
Bill Mitchell: British growth strengthens in September quarter 2018
Bill Mitchell provides a analysis very different from the mainstream discourse. Read here
Month: November 2018
Economics
Vitor Mellow: The Neoliberal Tale
The rise of neoliberalism was not spontaneous but rather orchestrated and planned; it was a collective transnational movement to counteract the mainstream of the time; it was originated out of delusion in a period marked […]
Corruption
New Europe: A Pandora’s box of corruption
Bringing the worst kept secret in Brussels to the surface Read here
Economics
Patrick Kaczmarczyk – Germany’s non-rebalancing of its mercantilist model
Patrick Kaczmarczyk writes that when German policy is viewed from a more long-term perspective, there has been little in the way of meaningful rebalancing. He states that without necessary adjustments being carried out to the […]
Economics
Jennifer Clapp – What is the financialisation of food and why should we care?
The financialisation of food and agriculture, and the impacts that this has on the global food system. By Merisa Thompson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield Professor Jennifer Clapp, Canada Research Chair […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Modern monetary theorists need to take a long and hard look at how they are campaigning if their case is to be won
This is another brilliant blog from Richard Murphy. Even if you have no idea about Modern Monetary Theory, Richard writes so that everyone can understand the topic, so fear not. In fact, this an excellent […]
Economics
Karl Brenke – Labour market situation in the EU improved – but regional disparities widening
The EU has a terrible habit of incorrectly interpreting data to create successes. Karl Brenke has a brilliant habit of exposing this. Karl Brenke is an Economist at the the German Institute for Economics (Deutsches […]
Corruption
Reuters: Mystery company named by murdered Maltese journalist is linked to power station developer
This is an example of superb investigative journalism. If such reports contiune, the EU may have to get serious about this and give their friends in the poltical class in Malta a little slap on […]
EU politics
ara.cat – Xavier Antich: Who protects us from the judges?
This is an excellent article concerning the latest travesties of the Spanish (in-)justice system. Read here
EU politics
Brian Milstein – The Brexit vote and Trump’s election were decided democratically. So why don’t they feel that way?
This is a brilliant piece. Once democratic institutions break down, so does democracy. The current mainstream discourse concentrates on the latter, ignoring that political parties and the media have abandoned democracy assuming there was no […]