EU politics
Catalan News: Spain adopts controversial digital decree
Measure presented by Spanish Socialists to stop Catalonia developing “digital republic” grants authorities in Madrid “exceptional” powers Read here
Year: 2019
Economics
Lynn Parramore – How Neoliberal Thinkers Spawned Monsters They Never Imagined
Political theorist Wendy Brown’s latest book, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West, traces the intellectual roots of neoliberalism and reveals how an anti-democratic project unleashed monsters – from […]
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck – Germany: Political Amateurs and the Intelligentsia
We all knew that German politicians from Merkel’s Union and the Social Democrats could walk the Zombie Walk, but could they talk the Zombie Talk? Of course they can, and did, explains Heiner Flassbeck. Heiner […]
EU politics
Lee Jones – The Seven Deadly Sins of Marketisation in British Higher Education
This is long, but the lines of conflict are becoming increasingly clear. It is well worth the read. One realises how basic and important this conflict is, not only against neo-liberalism, but preserving our culture. […]
EU politics
Gotechdaily: Twelve EU states reject shift to expose companies’ tax avoidance
Is this the bright new EU dawn which mainstream media keeps writing about? Read here
Aviation
Shaun Hendy – How Much does Flying Contribute to Climate Change?
Planes can create clouds of tiny ice crystals, called contrails, and some studies suggest they could have an a significant effect on climate. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland The flight shaming […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – The Fantasy World Continues
Wall Street decoupled from main street – and reality. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog The fantasy world continues. In the US and […]
Corruption
Frances Coppola – Britain: The Tories aren’t the Party of Business – just the London Financial Elite
The Conservative Party used to look after big, nationwide businesses. Now it serves a finance industry based in a few small areas of the capital. What is unfortunately not mentioned is that this system is […]
Climate Crisis
Asbjørn Wahl – Trade Unions and Climate Change: the Need for a Programmatic Shift
Up to now unions have not played a terribly important role in combatting the climate crisis, suspecting it is just another excuse to attack workers’ rights and destroy jobs. But as we all must learn, […]
EU politics
Fortune: Ex-Deutsche Bank, Nomura Officials Get Jail Time in Monte dei Paschi Collusion Case
How could this have happened? On the other, this ain’t over until…. Read here