Economics
MMT Podcast – Stuart Medina: Trade, The Euro and The Pain In Spain (Part 1)
Part 1: Patricia talks to Stuart Medina of Spain’s Red MMT group about the Eurozone crisis viewed through the MMT lens. Listen here
Year: 2019
Climate Crisis
Robin McAlpine – Climate Crisis: ‘Clyde-built’ is How Scotland Saves the World
Not so long ago in a wee land not so far, far away…… Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think tank Common Weal. Cross-posted from Common Space I NEVER enjoy launch events which […]
Climate Crisis
SGR – New Poll Reveals a Climate ‘Awareness – Action Gap’ – but Big Behaviour Changes Under Way in Food, Travel, Consumerism & Family Life
A new poll of scientists – many working in fields related to the climate emergency – reveals a current gap between awareness of international climate goals and action to align lifestyles with them, writes Andrew […]
EU politics
France 24: France’s Yellow Vests mark anniversary with nationwide protests
French police detained dozens in Paris on Saturday as fierce clashes broke out in demonstrations marking the first anniversary of the yellow vest protest movement challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. Read here
Climate Crisis
Steven Keen – ‘4°C of Global Warming is Optimal’ – Even Nobel Prize Winners are Getting Things Catastrophically Wrong
Some places are hotter than others – but what happens when they all heat up? Calvin Hanson/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Steve Keen, UCL William Nordhaus was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics for “integrating climate […]
EU politics
Sean Bell – Catalonia/Scotland: ‘The Crime of Sedition no Longer Exists’
Spain’s authoritarian cancer threatens to spread throughout the EU. Sean Bell is parliamentary reporter at CommonSpace Cross-posted from Common Space Following her bail from Edinburgh Sheriff Court after handing herself into police, exiled former Catalan […]
EU politics
Eliane Glaser: Belgium’s experiment in a new kind of democracy
As Britain goes to the polls, the Belgians are turning to randomly-chosen representatives. Could they do any better? Read here
EU politics
VilaWeb: International observers denounce massive violation of human rights at Catalan referendum trial
International Trial Watch reports infringement of liberties such as freedom of expression and peaceful assembly Read here
Economics
Branko Milanović – The Plight of Late Industrializers: What If Peasants Do Not Want to Move to Cities?
Probably a billion pages have been written about the economic aspects of industrialisation, but too few ask what it meant for peasants on the land who were driven to leave their homes, traditions, and culture […]
Deregulation
Guy Standing – Rentier Capitalism is Breeding Neo-Fascism
Faced with a crisis of awesome proportions, we must develop a strategy for re-embedding the economy in society. Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the UK Academy of Social […]