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Austerity

Richard Murphy: In the sixth largest economy in the world we’re letting local authorities fail and that is wholly unnecessary

August 4, 2018 MDRose 0

Although Richard Murphy is writing about the United Kingdom, this is a pernicious process occuring throughout most of Europe. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]

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Austerity

Thiemo Fetzer : Tory Austerity And Welfare Cuts Like Bedroom Tax Directly Caused Brexit, New Study Finds

August 4, 2018 MDRose 0

Better late than never. Was Brexit then just a repudiation of UK austerity, or did voters understand the the political establishment  in Britain were also part of broader EU policy? Read here

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Prem Sikka: Too many bean-counters: How an ‘accounting curse’ is hurting the UK economy

August 4, 2018 MDRose 0

Another day and another accounting episode hits the headlines. No, it is not Carillion, BHS, Conviviality, Rolls Royce, Serco,  SIG or Tesco. This week it is BT, which has admitted that its accounting for pensions contained […]

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Robin McAlpine: Escaping corrupt London finance is one of the biggest opportunities of independence

August 4, 2018 MDRose 0

Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that Scottish independence offers the only escape from a system in which bankers win every time Read here

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Lorenzo Marsili: “The most important challenge of our day is to escape the borders of nation states”

August 3, 2018 MDRose 0

Marsili throws his hat in the ring for the EU, not for the curretn neo-liberal EU, but one based on solidarity and justice, with civil society and social movements showing that alternatives to the status […]

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Deregulation

Lucas S. Ferro, Sergi Cutillas , Toni Pérez – The taxi strike in Barcelona: the right to work versus the fake sharing economy

August 2, 2018 MDRose 0

Taxi drivers in Madrid and Barcelona temporarily terminated their strike Wednesday night. The decision was made following an emergency meeting between national and regional authorities concerning Über and Cabify, which the taxi sectors views as […]

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EU politics

Mary Davis -The Chimera of Workers’ Rights in the EU

August 2, 2018 MDRose 0

  Far from gifting rights to British workers, the EU has systematically undermined the rights workers won for themselves in domestic struggles. Professor Mary Davis is a labour historian. Active in the labour movement her […]

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EU politics

The Guardian: Amazon halved UK corporation tax bill to £4.5m last year

August 2, 2018 MDRose 0

Although UK revenues hit $11.3bn last year, a healthy 19% year-on-year rise. Read here

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Economics

Ann Pettifor: What is wrong about the Bank of England’s rate hike

August 2, 2018 MDRose 0

Besides banks and the wealthy, no one is going to benefit by this, not to mention that many Britons are currently in a very precarious financial situation due to stagnant wages. Read here

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Leslie Rankin: Brits Need To Talk About Climate Change As Much As We Talk About The Weather

August 2, 2018 MDRose 0

Not only the Brits. Read here  

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, and Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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