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Ann Pettifor – The Metaphors of Economics and Austerity

May 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

A brilliant weekend read. This post was written as introduction to the very recently published book “Discourse Analysis and Austerity: Critical Studies from Economics and Linguistics”, edited by Kate Power, Tanweer Ali and Eva Lebdušková. Published by […]

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Aleks Szczerbiak – What Is the Significance of Poland’s European Parliament Election Results?

May 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

It is seldom that we have such a concise and perspicuous political analysis of one nation. Forget the mainstream media, here is a chance to understand the current political situation in Poland. What is especially […]

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Chris Bambery – Trial of Catalan Independence Leaders: Spain and the EU Versus the UN and Justice

May 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Catalans, like the Greeks before them, are learning what to expect from the EU. The Spanish government, now led by the Social Democrats, is learning that you can defy justice in the EU, when […]

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Wolfgang Streeck – Four Reasons the European Left Lost

May 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The setbacks for centrist parties in the European elections showed that the EU’s crisis is anything but over. Yet the Left’s lack of strategy and identity has hobbled its ability to provide an alternative. Read […]

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El Nacional CAT – Puigdemont and Comín enter the European Parliament

May 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Puidgedemont has been kissing arses in Brussels for a year and now this farce. Is this the man to lead an independent Catalonia? And why are Catalonians still set on remaining in the EU? Read […]

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Reuters: Los Angeles County sues Bayer’s Monsanto over PCB contamination

May 30, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay for reducing PCB contamination in dozens of bodies of water. Thus the series of lawsuits […]

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Heiner Flassbeck – Germany: It’s So Green Among the Greens

May 30, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Commitment to fighting climate change has brought the German Greens victory. But that doesn’t help Europe or the climate, because the party is dilettantish on economic policy and doesn’t decisively oppose German dominance in the […]

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Economics

Christoph Schumacher – New Zealand’s ‘Well-Being Budget’: How It Hopes to Improve People’s Lives

May 30, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

New Zealand developed a set of well-being indicators to guide policy advice. AAP/Boris Jancic, CC BY-ND Christoph Schumacher, Massey University New Zealand’s first “well-being budget” has landed, prioritising well-being over economic growth. So how is […]

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El Nacional Cat.: Puigdemont and Comín stopped by European Parliament from getting credentials as MEPs-elect

May 30, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Puigdemont has been kissing arses in Brussels for a year now and this is what he receives in return. Like Syriza, the Catalans do not have a Plan B with regard to the EU and […]

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Richard Murphy – Fisking Martin Wolf on Modern Monetary Theory

May 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Martin Wolf is the associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. On 28 May he wrote an opinion piece in the FT entitled “States create useful money, but abuse it” This is […]

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