Economics
Michel Feher: The Political Ascendancy of Creditworthiness
Michel Feher writes for @PublicBooks on how the logic of credit-worthiness explains the present populist moment Read here
Year: 2019
Economics
Grace Blakeley -Why 70 per cent tax rates would require capital controls
To avoid economic blackmail by the markets, any socialist government would need to impose limits on the movement of money by investors. Read here
Finance
Liam Farrell – Ireland: ‘We have people without homes and homes without people. Mission not completed.’
Somehow Ireland has rarely been a topic in BRAVE NEW EUROPE except for its tax policies. Our Partners and comrades at The New Pretender posted this and were so kind as to let us present […]
EU politics
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Leaks Show EU’s Attempts to Fix the Copyright Directive Are Failing
The European Parliament is meeting this week, and the committee that will decide the future of the controversial new Copyright Directive will meet next, and depending on what they do, it might be the end […]
Economics
Renegade Inc: David Graeber – Bullshit Jobs
Globally, something has gone badly wrong with our jobs. Less than 15% of people feel happy and engaged at work, while 23% of people are actively disengaged, and they’re twice as likely to suffer from […]
EU politics
VilaWeb: Spain denies NGO rescue boat permission to leave Barcelona’s harbour
Social Democrat government refuses to allow Open Arms to begin migrant search and rescue mission in Libyan waters Read here
Austerity
Quinn Slobodian – Neo-liberalism
Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, on the history, theory, and practice of the doctrine Listen here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Must be Brexit – UK GDP growth now outstrips major EU economies
“I suppose Brexit is to blame for the fact that Britain is now growing faster than the major European economies.” Read here
EU politics
Matt Carthy – Sounding the alarm on the EU’s proposed Directive on non-performing loans
This is a very important read! So, the EU is at it again: putting the interests of the banks before those of its citizens, accepting their possible financial ruin. How long will it take for […]
Climate Crisis