Climate Crisis
J. W. Mason – Yes, we can afford a Green New Deal
Slowly but surely the Green New Deal is becoming better known. Here J. W. Mason explains in a few minutes why it affordable Watch here
Month: February 2019
Finance
Nick Shaxson – World’s biggest monopolist pays negative taxes
Do you have a feeling that there is a lot wrong with our economies, but cannot quite put your finger on it. Nick Shaxson helps you out. Nick Shaxson is an Investigative Journalist and author […]
Climate Crisis
Clean Arctic Alliance: Ridding the Arctic of the World’s Dirtiest Fuel
The global shipping industry is largely unseen by us, but its pollution is a threat to our health and our climate, especially for the communities and wildlife of the Arctic. Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts – It’s all down to the FAANGS
Michael Roberts general assesment of the current world economy. The global economic slowdown will be especially hard on the EU, which pushed by Germany, has become reliant on exports. Declining world growth means declining demand […]
Economics
Anat Admati – Financial Regulation Shouldn’t Be Hard—Here’s What We Need to Make It Work
We can land planes safely at crowded airports, yet we can’t manage to make our financial system safe. Why?
Finance
Cory Doctorow: Public records requests reveal the elaborate shell-company secrecy that Google uses when seeking subsidies for data-centers
Google reportedly scored tax breaks using secret shell companies – shell companies provide secrecy and anonymity and are a badge for predator practices. Why do nation states facilitate them? Read here
EU politics
Common Space: MEPs condemn ‘unequal treatment’ as European Parliament blocks Catalan conference but allows far-right Spanish event
The far-right Spanish party Vox will accuse the Catalan independence movement of a “coup d’état” at the European Parliament in March, while an event featuring Catalan President Quim Torra and former president Carles Puigdemont has […]
EU politics
Positive Money EU – ECB profits: Will Greece get its money back?
Not only is Greece being denied the entire refund for the illegitimate ECB profits made out during the crisis, but some countries are now conditioning the next repayment to stricter reforms. By Alessia Del Vasto […]
Economics
Andreas Bieler, Jamie Jordan, Adam David Morton – The euro crisis showed the limits of using market integration and free trade as vehicles for development
The crisis that hit members of the Eurozone a decade ago has often been attributed to design flaws in Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union. Drawing on a new study, Andreas Bieler, Jamie Jordan and Adam […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Utopian science fictions legitimising our current dystopia
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford University, kindly invited me to deliver the 2019 Taylor Lecture on 12th February 2019. I chose the topic of Realistic Utopias versus Dystopic Realities – my aim being to […]