EU politics
Euractiv: Orban declares victory after EU ‘adopted’ his migration policy
Who would have expected this from the virtuous EU? Read here
Month: March 2020
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Bundesbank remits record profits to German government while Greek health system fails
This is the advantage of being the EU and euro hegemon: you are always the winner. This does not stop the Germans from complaining that the European Central Bank is ruining their economy. Never a […]
Economics
Frances Coppola – Central Banks and Coronavirus
We have posted three excellent articles concerning what central banks and governments are doing, or should be doing, in the turbulences resulting from the Coronavirus. This one is by Richard Murphy, the other two are […]
Economics
Steve Keen – Thinking Exponentially about Containing the Coronavirus
We have posted three excellent articles concerning what central banks and governments are doing, or should be doing, in the turbulences resulting from the Coronavirus. This one is by Steve Keen, the other two are […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – An Economic Plan to Beat the Impact of Coronavirus
We have posted three excellent articles concerning what central banks and governments are doing, or should be doing, in the turbulences resulting from the Coronavirus. This one is by Richard Murphy, the other two are […]
Economics
Spiked: Ashoka Mody – Italy: the crisis that could go viral
Coronavirus threatens to turn Italy’s economic and financial crisis into a global one. Ashoka Mody teaches at Princeton University. The paperback edition of his EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts, published by OUP, is available […]
Austerity
John Weeks – Britain: The Prime Minister has weakened the Treasury. Progressives should be grateful
An interesting take by John Weeks on the newest developments with regard to Britain’s upcoming budget. John Weeks is PEF Council Coordinator, Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. His most […]
EU politics
VilaWeb: Spain misused European arrest warrant against rapper Valtònyc
EU court rules that Spain should not have used a penal code passed three years after the events he is accused of Read here
Economics
Steve Keen – We need to prepare the economy for a lock down
The manufacturing numbers from China at the weekend showed how hard the sector was hit by the lock-down in Wuhan and neighbouring districts. In today’s FREE Debunking Economics podcast Prof Steve Keen says the rest […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The EU outdoes itself in the madness stakes
The latest PopuList results are rather stark: 1. In the early 1990s, the “populist, far-right and far-left parties” accounted for around 10 per cent of the total vote. By 2020, this share had risen to […]