EU politics
Thomas Fazi: The revenge of the elites
Italy’s new coalition government has sacrificed the populist revolt at the altar of the EU. Read here
Year: 2019
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – The German Problem
The world has a problem with Germany. In Germany, however, people are completely unwilling to admit it. Germany has become a prime example of collective cognitive dissonance. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as […]
Climate Crisis
Paul Brown – Nuclear Cannot Help Against Climate Crisis
With new plants costing from five to ten times more than renewable options, and taking far longer to build, nuclear cannot help against global warming. Paul Brown, a founding editor of Climate News Network and […]
Austerity
David Hollanders – Christine Lagarde is Not a Progressive Choice for ECB President
Christine Lagarde, the former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, is expected to take over from Mario Draghi as the next President of the European Central Bank. David Hollanders argues that although Lagarde has […]
Economics
Carlos Garcia Hernández – Fiat Socialism
In his article Carlos Garcia Hernández addresses two new aspects: the Lerner Point and the new definition of socialism not based on the ownership of the production means, but on the ownership of the fiscal […]
EU politics
France 24: ‘It’s up to Turkey’, say Lesbos locals of migration surge
Kicking the can down the road, and down the road, and down the road. Read here
Economics
Frances Coppola: The Sorry State Of We
The We Company has now formally withdrawn the S-1 registration for the IPO it suspended two weeks ago. The proposed equity fundraising of about $3.5bn had been widely expected to fail after being universally panned […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – A global manufacturing recession
The world capitalist economy is in a manufacturing recession now, but there are important indicators that the rest of the economy will join manufacturing soon. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London […]
Economics
Adam Leaver, Colin Haslam – Thomas Cook: a tale of two moral hazards
How the troubled package holiday firm became the latest casualty of a corporate debt bubble that has yet to fully unravel. Adam Leaver is a senior lecturer in Financial Innovation and Business Analysis at Manchester […]
Austerity
thejournal. ie: Have €42,500? That’s the amount of public debt hanging over the head of every person living in the State
IRELAND’S PUBLIC DEBT rose to €206 billion last year, an increase of €5 billion, according to a government report published today. The annual report on Public Debt states this is the equivalent of €42,500 for […]