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Kyiv Post – Cost of corruption: Ukraine loses $8.6 billion annually to poor management, graft, study finds

December 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is the democracy for which the EU and IMF are giving billions of euros? At least we now know where the money is going. The real question is, how much is going back to […]

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EU politics

insider: EU Parliament ratifies trade agreement with Japan

December 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This event has gone almost unreported in state and orporate media – and unnoticed. No lessons have been learnt from TTIP – except how to further reduce democracy in the EU. Unlike the Canadian-European trade […]

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The Guardian: EU relaxation of diesel emission limits was illegal, court rules

December 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Once again the undemocratic European Commission had set the interests of coporations above those of its citizens. Neo-liberalism and regulatory capture march on in Europe. Read here  

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Bill Mitchell: When two original MMT developers get together to discuss their work

December 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Bill Mitchell/Warren Mosler provide a great primer on Modern Monetary Theory, and a reminder of 25 years of thinking/observation that’s gone into what’s become a precise body of work. Read here

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Prem Sikka: Unpicking the City of London’s new finance sector propaganda

December 13, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

A new report paints a rosy picture of the finance sector’s tax contribution. Prem Sikka digs a bit deeper… Read here

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Lee Jones – British Politics in Chaos: Brexit and the Crisis of Representative Democracy

December 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The crisis and chaos engulfing British politics is not simply a symptom of incompetent leadership or bad policy choices. It expresses a deep crisis of representation in the political system, which Brexit did not cause, […]

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Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – 2018 End of Year Roundup

December 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown’s Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week’s news. In our 2018 year end […]

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EU politics

El Nacional Cat – Ponsatí: “The streets will end up forcing the institutions”

December 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The political situation in Catalonia has reached an impasse, which has more to do with the political leadership than the Catalans themselves. This is the danger when independnce is the goal, not a better society […]

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Austerity

Common Space: Scotland set for #YellowVests protests as Macron makes concessions and threats

December 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

An organiser said: “A change of the current system to one that suits the socialist principles of the Scottish people. A fairer society that works for us all not just a handful of globalist bankers […]

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The Guardian: Uber pushed for UK congestion charges that would hit poor hardest

December 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Two neo-liberals have a meeting. A Tory minister, notorious for his incompetence in public transport – or attempt to destroy its credibility, who wishes to further privatise public transport, and the CEO of an international […]

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Branko Milanović – “J’avais toujours raison”

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A review of Raymond Aron’s “Memoires” Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More 3.0 […]

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Complicit – Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide by Peter Oborne

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Book Review by Martin Shaw Cross.posted from Declassified UK As British people have turned against Israel’s destruction of Gaza, leading figures in its present and former governing parties still deny that Israel has committed even […]

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