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Month: January 2019

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Trades Union Congress – Unsecured debt hits new peak of £15,400 per household – new TUC analysis

January 7, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

With dpressed wages the question was, how can workers buy the products that capitalists produce when they had so little money in their pocket? The answer: credit. Read here

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Ghent University: ‘We are transforming our university into a place where talent once again feels valued and nurtured’

January 7, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

“A university is above all a place where everything can be questioned. Where opinions, procedures and habits are challenged. Where there is no place for rigidity.” Read here

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Reuters: France’s Macron reeling as tough stance against ‘yellow vests’ backfires

January 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Sounds like a government in meltdown. Read here  

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The Observer: Thousands in Budapest march against ‘slave law’ forcing overtime on workers

January 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Anger at Viktor Orbán’s rule in Hungary also directed at courts system and state media Read here

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Yanis Varoufakis – Discussing my candidacy for the European Parliament in… Germany

January 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Get caught up on Yanis Varoufakis´ political activities and plans. Listen here Please begin at 1’20” for the English part (before that is in German).

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Balkan Insight: Serbian Protesters Maintain Pressure on Vucic, Govt

January 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Thousands of Serbian protesters gathered again on Saturday in Belgrade for new anti-government protest, warning that they will not give up their demands. Read here

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The Irish Times: French police clash with protesters as ‘yellow vests’ return to the streets

January 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Apparetnly the Yellow Vests are not disappearing. The question is who goes first: them or Macron? Read here

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Tim Wu – “It’s Crucial to Break Up Facebook”

January 5, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Columbia law professor Tim Wu on The Curse of Bigness, neo-Brandeisian antitrust, and the lessons we should learn from the first Gilded Age. Cross-posted from Pro Market  The blog of the Stigler Center at the University […]

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Ann Pettifor – Britain: The economic consequences of Brexit?

January 4, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

We have been complaining about the hysterical discussion around Brexit. This article by Ann Pettifor is one of the great exceptions. She analyses the situation with a cool and clear head. An excellent weekend read […]

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Josh Ryan-Collins – Should credit be guided?

January 4, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Do not be intimidated by the language and graph. This article exposes why banks are serving society less and speculators and rentiers ever more. It is also not that difficult. Good read for the weekend. […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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