Economics
Larry Elliot: Even Amazon must heed the basic laws of economics and politics
Tech giant’s minimum wage rise more to do with looming labour shortage than philanthropy Read here
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Economics
James Heckman and Sidharth Moktan – The Tyranny of the Top Five Economic Journals
Getting published in a top five economics journal is a near-requirement for tenure. But it’s a poor measure of research quality within a system that punishes creativity. James Heckman it the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – I hope the Italian government holds its nerve against Brussels
“A brief reflection on the latest crisis that is about to engulf the Eurozone. I am referring to the announcement by the Italian government that it will target a fiscal deficit of 2.4 per cent […]
Economics
Steve Keen – Why Economists Disagree
If you are not an economist, this is a good introduction into political economy by Steve Keen. Steve Keen is Professor at Kingston University, London This first lecture for Kingston University’s introductory economics subject “Becoming […]
EU politics
The National: One year on from Catalan referendum, the fight goes on
One year on from the independence referendum and the Spanish government is not able to come to terms with the reality that many Catalans wish for independence. While the Spanish government, now led by the […]
Corruption
Times Malta: ‘I will launch campaign for HSBC to quit Malta,’ MEP threatens
EU parliamentarian Sven Giegold accuses Malta of being soft on money-laundering. That is of course a euphemism: Better would be avid supporters of money-laundering Read here
Economics
Lars P. Syll: Chicago economics — utterly and completely wrong
“Chicago economics is a dangerous pseudo-scientific zombie ideology that ultimately relies on the poor having to pay for the mistakes of the rich.” Lars P. Syll is an economist at the Faculty of Education and […]
EU politics
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalonia and Postfascism
A year ago was the Catalan independence referendum, which was so brutally repressed by the Spanish government. The concatenation of events in Catalonia and Spain since then have confronted us with a nation that maintains […]
EU politics
Politico: Macedonia’s messy referendum puts name deal at risk
“During the day in Skopje, voters backing the change said they hoped it would lead to a more democratic country, more closely integrated into the West.” What better way to join in EU democracy” than […]
Economics
Laurie Macfarlane – Why the distribution of wealth has more to do with power than productivity
The distribution of wealth has little to do with contribution or productivity, and everything to do with politics and power. Laurie macfarlane is Economics Editor at openDemocracy Cross-posted from Open Democracy Image: Glenn Halog, CC […]