EU politics
Mirror: Glaring tax divide between high street and online rivals destroys 140,000 jobs in Britain so far this year
Anyone really surprised? But it is good to have some numbers. Read here
Year: 2018
Austerity
Ashoka Mody: Italy’s Budget Isn’t as Crazy as It Seems
EU officials must recognize that the country needs stimulus. Read here
Economics
Branko Milanovic – Globalists: Neoliberals in search of terrestrial empire
We are posting this book review in our main section because we shall be reviewing Quinn Slobodians book ourselves in the near future. We still wished to share this piece with you, so here it […]
Austerity
Frank Van Lerven and Andrew Jackson – A Government is not a household
There is probably no economic fallacy that is so difficult to correct than that of Swabian hausfrau economics (you can only spend what you have -although Swabians are fanatical homeowners, most of which are financed […]
EU politics
VOX EU: Paul De Grauwe – The European Commission should accept democratic change in Italy
The conflict between the Italian government and the European Commission on the proposed budget is intensifying. In this post, Paul De Grauwe argues that it is time to think again about the budgetary rules that […]
Economics
Ivan Manokha – Britain: Opposing labour market Uberculosis
Uber is appealing the ruling in Britain that its drivers deserve workers’ rights. Meanwhile its drivers show strike action is possible against ‘platform capitalism’. Ivan Manokha is a departmental lecturer in the Oxford Department of […]
Climate Crisis
The Sustainability Agenda: Interview with Jason Hickle
This is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking interview, chock full of fresh thinking on sustainability, poverty and inequality, and the impact of the western-led development agenda across the world. Jason paints an eye-opening picture of the […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – How to fix the tax system
The effects of cuts to public spending in the name of austerity are clear to see. But what has happened to the tax system over this time? Tax expert and campaigner Professor Richard Murphy explains […]
Austerity
Trades Union Congress: 17-year wage squeeze the worst in two hundred years
Never mind the Great Depression, we’re now experiencing the longest pay squeeze since Napoleon marched across Europe Read here
Climate Crisis
The Guardian – The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change
In Europe we shall have the same problem as people in Africa and the Near East are confronted with the devastation of climate change. Read here