Economics
Bill Mitchell: The coronavirus will redefine what currency-issuing governments can do – finally
The ideologues are giving way to the pragmatists in the policy space Read here
Month: March 2020
Austerity
Sergi Cutillas – Interregnum Climax: The Impact of Coronavirus on the EU and the Transformative Possibilities of its Response
The Coronavirus is exposing the failure of a neo-liberal EU. Sergi Cutillas analyses the current situation. Sergi Cutillas is an Economist Researcher at the Ekona Economic Innovation Center and Member of the EReNSEP In recent […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Germany’s Emergency-Stop: The Economy in the Time of Corona
Heiner Flassbeck looks at the effects of the coronavirus for Germany and the strategy being adopted by the German government. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of “flassbeck economics international” […]
Aviation
Richard Murphy – Coronavirus: The End of Airlines
This is something most people dare not even contemplate: after the coronavirus we shall not return to the world as we knew it. It is a tragic opportunity, but as we recently wrote, “The Coronavirus […]
Austerity
Jule Goikoetxea, Zuriñe Rodriguez – Coronavirus is not Guilty
The Coronavirus was not an accident. It is the result of excessive human pressure on the biosphere resulting from an economic system that destroys everything on this planet to perpetuate itself. Jule Goikoetxea is a […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The coronavirus crisis – a particular type of shock – Part 2
Considerations that governments need to take into account when dealing with the economic damage that will result from the coronavirus crisis. Read here
Climate Crisis
Colin Hines – The Green Bridge: From Tackling Coronavirus to Tackling Climate Change
The Coronavirus is offering us an hiatus and opportunity to reset our economies and priorities. Colin Hines is a Convenor of the Green New Deal group One thing rarely mentioned in the wall to wall […]
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – U.N. Slams Spain for Abusing Rights of the Catalan Minority
The week starting March 9th has been another difficult one for the Spanish government as regards minority issues and, more particularly, the way in which the trial against the Catalan independentist leaders (February-October 2019) was […]
Economics
Charles Adams – Covid-19: A Test of Leadership
As Richard Murphy pointed out, governments have to decide if they wish to save people or the economy (read here). Most Northern European nations have decided for the economy for the time being (Denmark made […]
EU politics
Olivier Hoedeman – How EU Rules are getting in the Way of Progressive Public Policy – and how Cities are Fighting Back
This week the neo-liberal European Commission made a new push to limit cities’ rights to promote sustainable local development and social justice. Olivier Hoedeman is a researcher and campaigner at Brussels-based watchdog organisation Corporate Europe […]