EU politics
Vila Web – Spain: Catalan President accused of criminal disobedience for not removing yellow ribbons
Just when you think the Spanish Social Democrats have run out of ideas to repress democracy, they prove us wrong. Read here
Year: 2019
Economics
Katie Kedward – Why It’s Time to Abandon the Myth of Central Bank Independence
Monetary policy should serve the interests of people and planet, not free market ideology. Katie Kedward is a Postgraduate student in Ecological Economics Cross-posted from Open Democracy On 23 October 2008, the former Federal Reserve […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – The Long Depression: Getting longer but lower
Michael Roberts analyses the world economic develpments of the first quarter of 2019 Michael Roberts – Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog The first three months of […]
Economics
Spencer Veale – Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money: Shadow Banking
As part of our series of blogs examining the relationship between Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money’s proposals, this guest post by Spencer Veale examines the shadow banking sector in the context of that relationship. […]
EU politics
Richard Murphy – Surely we have a better story to tell
A thoughtful piece by Richard Murphy on where we have to go and maybe how we could get there. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]
Austerity
The Full Brexit Network – Left Brexit Tour
Featuring Larry Elliott (Guardian), Grace Blakeley, Costas Lapavistsas, Feyzi Ismail, Eddie Dempsey. If you wish to understand what are the weaknesses of the European Union, here you have many of the reasons.
Economics
New Economics Foundation – Government attempts to ‘live within its means’ encourages UK households living beyond theirs
This applies to the whole of the EU: When governments reduce their debt, the debts of private households and companies increase. And when companies do not invest as well, who has to go into debt? […]
EU politics
Spiked: Wolfgang Streeck – ‘The EU is an empire’
Wolfgang Streeck on why the EU is a deplorable institution that we must leave. Read here
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Who needs justice when one has the Spanish Supreme Court?
Week 7 of the trial of leaders of the Catalan independence movement in Spain. Chris Bambery is author and broadcaster. Co-author (with George Kerevan) of Catalonia Reborn: How Catalonia Took on the Corrupt Spanish State […]
Climate Crisis
Colin Hines – Seeing off the Brexit Blues with a Green New Deal
A typical Old World/New World tale. The Green New Deal was developed in Britain 10 years ago by renowned economists and experts. But much of Britain had fallen in love with austerity and Londoners with […]