Austerity
J.W. Mason, Arjun Jayadev: The Crash of Austerity Economics
Reality keeps contradicting the sponsors of economic pain, but they keep dispensing their perverse advice. Read here
Year: 2019
Media
Penalty Shot Panic
Google Analytics brings certain interesting phenomenon to light concerning our website, some of which we do not understand. The newest of these is an apparent “Penalty Shot Panic” among our readers. As you know, we […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – After Extinction Rebellion There Will Still be a Need for a Green New Deal
It is high time for this discussion to begin publicly and we thank Richard for having the courage to do so. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. […]
Economics
John Weeks – Market Economies Require Policy Management: What Keynes Taught Us
“The guiding principle is simple and applies to all market economies — private sector instability requires public sector stabilization policies. That principle does not provide the solution to the ills of market economies, but it […]
Corruption
Vigjilenca Abazi: New EU Directive on Whistleblower Protection
This is well and truly a milestone. Interesting are the two nations that abstained. Britain, because it is scheduled to leave the EU and does this on principle and Germany because of its endemic corporate […]
Corruption
Politico: France’s Commission pick Sylvie Goulard rejected by Parliament
When one reads an article like this, one can only ask: Why, oh why, do Europeans put up with the anti-democratic, neo-liberal, corrupt institution? Government should be taken “in house” again. Read here
Climate Crisis
Alexandra Strickner, Kai J. Lingnau and Valentin Schwarz – The Future of the EU: Soldiers, Barbed Wire and Surveillance
An arms build-up, barriers at the borders, and spurious climate policy measures will dominate EU policy over the next few years. The far right failed to make the gains many expected at the European elections, […]
EU politics
António Costa Pinto – Portugal’s election: “Left-wing voters preferred the renewal of the leftist coalition to a single Socialist majority”
The Socialist Party (PS) finished in first place in Portugal’s election on 6 October, ahead of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). In an interview with EUROPP’s Managing Editor Stuart Brown, António Costa Pinto explains what […]
Climate Crisis
Matt Perry: Unions Can – and Will – Play a Leading Role in Tackling the Climate Crisis
Worradirek/Shutterstock Matt Perry, Newcastle University How did a billionaire win over coal miners in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to become president? Three words: “Trump digs coal”. By linking deindustrialisation and the decline of working communities […]
Climate Crisis
Mike Small – Why Aggressive Media Attacks on Extinction Rebellion Should Concern Everyone
We are posting this as it is uncanny – and probably no coincidence – that the arguments being used by British media to attack proponents and activists of the Climate Crisis movement are the same […]