EU politics
Thomas Fazi and Giacomo Bracci: Sacrificing at the Altar of the Euro
Breaking up the eurozone would be no simple task. But maintaining the single currency dooms progressive politics across the continent. Read here
Year: 2018
EU politics
Aufhebunga Bunga – The Economics of Exit featuring Thomas Fazi
This is a website well worth following. Listen here
EU politics
Luke Stobart: Why Podemos and els Comuns have so far failed the Catalan fight
It is too seldom that someone from the left writes a constructive analysis concerning practical problems the left is having. Read here Ada Colau Ballano has become a cause célebrè among many environmental activists internationally.
EU politics
Branko Milanovic – Europe’s curse of wealth
Branko Milanovic analyses the two curses of wealth for Europe: immigation and rising income and wealth inequalities. Branko Milanovic is an economixt specialised in development and inequality. Cross-posted with kind permission from Branko Milanovic’s blog […]
Austerity
BRAVE NEW EUROPE – Lecture series in Berlin: “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau”
“Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” is the title of a series of lectures on heterodox economics planned for this year and next in Berlin. We shall be featuring some of the most prominent European heterodox […]
EU politics
John Weeks – Babbling Brexit
It is extremely rare that anyone goes back and critically examines their original position concerning Brexit. John Weeks is one of the few who has the courage to do so, yet at the same time […]
Fake News
Open Democracy – George Osborne’s London Evening Standard sells its editorial independence to Uber, Google and others – for £3 million
How many articles, commentaries, and other media reports were we confronted with concerning “fake news”? No one mentioned “bought news”, which is a greater menace. The goal of corporate media is profit. Those paying for […]
Economics
Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – Watermark
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 the royal […]
EU politics
Costas Lapavitsas: Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour vs. the Single Market
If the next Labour government is to be truly transformative, it must lead Europe away from ordo- and neoliberalism. Read here
Economics
Lynn Parramore: Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America
Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual lynchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean Read here