EU politics
Grace Blakeley: The dark side of the UK’s jobs boom
A financialised economy and weak trade unions mean record employment has done little to increase workers’ pay. Read here
Month: February 2019
Economics
Michael Roberts: MMT 2 – the tricks of circulation
In this post Michael Roberts delves deeper into the analytics of MMT Read here
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The conflicting concepts of cosmopolitan within Europe – Part 2
Is Europe really as cosmopolitian as claimed in state and corporate media, ot that simply a myth to ensure class domination? Read here
EU politics
HUNGARY today: Successful Audi Strike Could Mean a New Era for Workers
This is what happens in a dictatorship. Think of all those Volkswagen shareholders (Audi belongs to the transnational corporation Volkswagen), who will suffer. Where is the EU when they really need it? There must be […]
EU politics
The Local fr: France’s ‘yellow vests’ rail at police violence
France’s “yellow vest” movement demonstrated against alleged police violence in rallies across the country Saturday, as nearly 60 lawyers denounced the treatment of protesters in the courts. Read here
Economics
Steve Keen – Monetary Reality Vs Myth
This is my keynote presentation at the 1st European Modern Monetary conference. I cover the fallacies that mainstream economists believe about money and why they are wrong, how their decision to ignore banks, money, credit […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Marxism as religion: a personal recollection
“You have to have a section on war in today’s books because all of your stories about convergence, divergence, global middle class, r>g and the like can be totally swept away by war, and especially […]
Economics
MMT Podcast – Fadhel Kaboub: Monetary Sovereignty, Colonialism and Independence
Patricia and Christian chat with economics professor and president of the Global Institute For Sustainable Prosperity, Fadhel Kaboub about the meaning and importance of monetary sovereignty, MMT in relation to developing countries, Venezuela, colonialism, Scottish […]
Austerity
Larry Elliott: The left must be bold and back a green new deal
Progressives were caught napping by the financial crisis. They cannot not be as ill-prepared next time Read here