EU politics
Bill Mitchell: The EU’s democratic deficit is intrinsic and unfixable without dissolution
Bill Mitchell on the report by Amnesty International EU Vanishing Act: The Eurogroup’s Accountability (see here)
Month: February 2019
EU politics
Javier Moreno Zacarés: Podemos’s Divisions Are Finally Coming to a Head
If you have been wondering what has gone wrong with Podemos, this article appears to provide a plausible explanation. Read here
Economics
Robert Kennedy – Why GDP tells us everything except those things that really matter
50 years on and we are not one step further.
Corruption
Chris Bambery – Spain: EU “liberal democracy” has failed, neo-liberalism re-mobilises fascism
Today, 12 February, the trial of twelve Catalan politicians and social movement leaders involved in the October 1, 2017 independence referendum commences. It is a travesty of justice, being tolerated by the EU and Social Democrat […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – The Green New Deal is what it means to be progressive
Richard Murphy is right: it is time to take leave of the 20th century. The decisive challenge facing society is climate change and all other social or economic developments are going have to accomodate this. […]
EU politics
The Local de: German business warns of Brexit ‘chaos’
The EU has been lying to its citizens for two years, claiming that Brexit would destroy the British economy while leaving EU business unscathed. How that would be possible if Germany alone has a 40 […]
Austerity
Steven Forti – Spain at a crossroads
Neo-liberal interests in the EU are getting fed up with the political developments in Spain. Not only are Catalonia and the Basque country questioning the authority of the national government, but much of the population […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – The Green New Deal and changing America
While the UK Labour party has frittered away a valuable year distracted by inflationary claims of anti-semitism and with Brexit, the Democratic Socialists in the US are driving on an intense debate concerning a Green […]
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – A First Principles approach to Energy, Environment, and Money in Macroeconomics
This talk at the European Central Bank covers the failure of economic theorists of all persuasions, not only Neoclassical, to properly incorporate energy into their models of production, and the failure of Neoclassical economists to […]
Austerity
ekathimerini.com: Weber hints at lower surpluses, if there is a ‘different’ government in Athens
The German hegemon once again shows how it rules the EU. Rules are determined by Germany. Read here