EU politics
CNN – Libya: People for sale
Slave trade in Libya. Thank you EU. Thank you Angela Merkel. Thank you Germany. Thank you Hilary Clinton. Thank you capitalism. Making the EU safe for neo-liberalism! Read here
Year: 2019
Economics
The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain by Brett Christophers
Book review by John Tomaney In The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain, Brett Christophers claims that Britain’s biggest and most consequential privatisation is its least known and understood. The Margaret […]
Austerity
Stephanie Kelton – Rethinking Fiscal Policy
Where does money come from? Lecture by Stephanie Kelton: Rethinking fiscal policy. Every school kid, worker to retiree should understand this so we can ask the real question: How to use our resources to serve […]
Austerity
Dean Baker – Why Do the Media Provide Cover for Austerity Cranks, Like the Folks Running the EU?
Just because the EU has declared austerity is over, it is not. To the contrary it is continuing unabated in reality, just not according to state and corporate media. Dean Baker is an American macroeconomist […]
Economics
David Harvey: Reading Marx’s Capital Vol 1 – Class 2, Introduction (2019)
Starts at 5:35 Watch here
Corruption
Jonathan Cook – Anti-semitism is cover for a much deeper divide in Britain’s Labour party
E While Russia and Putin paranoia is proving unsuccessful in drawing attention away from the nefarious effects of neo-liberalism in the EU and the centrist parties are cosying up to populists and neo-fascism (or simply […]
Corruption
Tax Justice Network – February Podcast
In Edition 86 of the February 2019 Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast (available on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and other podcast platforms): why hasn’t the European Commission investigated any of the secret tax […]
EU politics
Branko Milanović – A reflection on two dictators
What are the differences and similarities between two European dictators and what are their legacies? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. Branko will be holding a talk in our series “Economics […]
EU politics
Prem Sikka – It’s no wonder politics is in turmoil: the elite are incapable of understanding the public
N Nearly all major political parties, trade unions, corporations and employer organisations urged people to vote to Remain during the EU vote. Voters ignored them. There is a disconnect between the concerns of the people […]
Economics
Stephanie Kelton: Modern Monetary Theory Is Not a Recipe for Doom
There are no inherent tradeoffs between fiscal and monetary policy. Read here