Austerity
Ryan Cooper: The biggest policy mistake of the last decade
The culprits of the biggest policy mistake of the last decade..are named. Read here
Year: 2018
Finance
Branko Milanovic – On the Threshold of the Third Globalization: why Liberal Capitalism might Fail?
This is a text that Branko Milanovic wrote in 1999 (!). It was never published, having been rejected a number of times. It is fascinating reading as the author tries to identify what the components […]
EU politics
Danny Dorling – Tip-toeing to the right in the UK (1979-2014)
Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford Cross-posted from Danny Dorling´s blog In hindsight we should have seen it coming. But none of us did, or at least no one […]
Austerity
Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – Turkey, Greece, Italy, etc.
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. Today’s topics include Trump’s spat […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – The case of the Turkish lira
This article was written before Qatar announced it would offer $15 billion to bolster the Turkish economy and Turkey had begun introducing measures to stymie the devaluation of the Lira. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, […]
Economics
Claire Connelly: What are taxes actually for?
A simple, straighforward piece that does away with the myth that governments tax to spend. Read here
Austerity
Valerio Alfonso Bruno – The Strategy of Fear: Populism, Technocracy, and European Democracy
The first decades of the 21st century have seen, at the global level, two alarming socio-political trends within democratic countries: the increasing level of economic inequality and citizens’ strong dissatisfaction with political establishments. These trends […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: CEOs are rigging markets to increase their pay and then sponsor free market mythology to justify their abuse
Rent is a redistribution of resources from those without power to those with it. Read here
EU politics
Philip Cunliffe – Brexit: Phoney Cosmopolitanism versus Genuine Internationalism
One of the inexplicable elements of the Brexit debate is the development of the Remain movement. Portraying itself as the enlightened 48% of Britain, beyond a few progressive elements, has not laid down any plans […]
Environment
Alex Kirby – Tax havens threaten oceans and rainforests
Most of the foreign money funding ocean plunder and the felling of the Amazon forest comes through tax havens, researchers say. By Alex Kirby, former BBC journalist and environment correspondent Cross-posted from Climate News Network […]