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Month: May 2019

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Digital Journal: Inequality tops agenda as Lithuania elects new president

May 10, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

For all its economic growth, income inequality and poverty are top election issues as Lithuanians vote on Sunday for a new president in round one of a tight race in the Baltic eurozone state. Read […]

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Richard Murphy – Thoughts on Carbon Taxes

May 9, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

We know that something has to change radically and quickly to slow climate change. The solution is not banning plastic straws and beakers, or not reducing airport taxes. We are talking about massive macro-economic changes […]

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telesur: First Time in History: France’s Nine Biggest Unions Join Together for Million-Worker Strike

May 9, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The French government seeks to “flexibilize” public jobs amid a climate of growing citizen discontent, which made it possible for all big unions to reach a common stand for the first time. Read here

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Chris Hughes: It’s Time to Break Up Facebook

May 9, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

A co-founder of facebook calls for it being broken up. Read here

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Rhiannon J Davies – Uber Drivers on Strike Over Company’s ‘Orgy of Greed’

May 9, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Uber drivers in the United Private Hire Drivers (UPHD) branch of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) have been on strike in Glasgow, London, Birmingham, and Nottingham ahead of the company’s stock market […]

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Ashoka Mody: Greek bonds now yield less than Treasurys, and that’s as irrational as it was in 2007

May 9, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Today’s cheer in eurozone financial markets obscures a steadily weakening economic foundation Read here

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eu observer: The non-accountable MEPs

May 9, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Neo-liberalism can only flourish where democracy is reduced to a minimum, to folklore. The EU is neo-liberal. Thus the European Court of Justice will almost always decide against democracy. Read here

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Mario Pianta: Restive Immobility – Melville’s Tale of Europe

May 8, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

A nice metaphor. Seen from the commander’s deck in Brussels, calm is not a bad option after all. Cooptation in power is working smoothly for governments run by extreme right and populist forces, from Italy […]

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Nick Clark and Robert Rohrschneider – European Citizens Increasingly Turn to Nationalist Orientations When Developing Positions on the EU

May 8, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

It is often stated that the late-2000s financial crisis prompted a rise in both Euroscepticism and nationalism across the EU. Yet as Nick Clark and Robert Rohrschneider explain, despite evidence of a drop in support […]

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Guy Standing – Basic Income as Common Dividends

May 8, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

In a new report presented to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dr Guy Standing sets out how Basic Income could become a UK reality. Guy Standing has promoted the concept of basic income for […]

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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