EU politics
John Gray – Brexit has left the British political class trapped by its own history
Certainly a thought-provoking piece concerning the current British political turmoil. Read here
Month: March 2019
EU politics
Frances Coppola: Merging Deutsche Bank And Commerzbank Won’t Solve Their Problems
Fundamentally, this proposed merger isn’t about creating a robust and profitable bank. It is all about German politics. Germany would suffer considerable loss of face if its largest bank were forced into the ignominious European […]
Climate Crisis
Branko Milanović – Formal and Actual Similarities Between Climate Change and Global Inequality, and Suboptimality of the Nation-State
The world is facing two interrelated crises: climate change and migration. In both inequality plays a seminal role. A political solution for both crises has not been forthcoming, but is that a failure of the […]
Austerity
Renegade Inc: Myth Busting the European Dream featuring Mathew D. Rose
Politically you can ignore some of the people some of the time…but you can’t ignore all the people all of the time. For many years European citizens have intuitively opposed unaccountability, a lack of political […]
Finance
Tax Justice Network – March 2019 Podcast
In Edition 87 of the March 2019 Tax Justice Network monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast (available on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and other podcast platforms): we discuss misleading reporting from the mainstream media on the financial […]
EU politics
Jon Pullman – WitchHunt
This film is an attempt to come to grips with the weaponisation of anti-semitism to combat progressive politics. Watch here
EU politics
Reuters: France to ban ‘yellow vest’ protests if violent groups take part: PM
Liberal Democracy marches on in its attempt to stop a popular resurgence against neo-liberalism. Read here
EU politics
City Lab: In Need of Housing, Barcelona Fines Landlords For Long-Vacant Buildings
The massive fines levied against the investment funds have been interpreted as a “declaration of war” from Mayor Ada Colau, who wants more affordable housing. Read here
Finance
Stewart Lansley – It’s Time to Build a Guaranteed Income Floor in the UK
Despite the Brexit discussion in the UK other topics are inexorably moving forward. In this piece Stewart Lansley provides new thoughts concerning Universal Basic Income. Stewart Lansley is a visiting fellow at London’s City University […]
Economics
Jason Hickel – Global Inequality: Do we really live in a one-hump world?
We are incessantly confronted with a good news narrative concerning world poverty. Many prominent scholars contradict this, pointing to increasing inequality. Jason Hickel examines one of the best known graphs behind the “success story” that […]