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Boubacar Boris Diop: “We are Independent of France, but not Free of It”

May 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

A special weekend read. Senegalese writer Boubacar Boris Diop argues that the independence of French-speaking African countries is a pending battle Interview by Jaume Portell Caño Cross-posted from El Salto Translated and Edited by BRAVE […]

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Climate Crisis

Sam Varvastian – Can UK Fossil Fuel Companies now be Held Accountable for Contributing to Climate Change Overseas?

May 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Victoria Falls viewed from Zambia. A case brought by Zambian farmers in UK courts could have international implications. FCG / shutterstock Sam Varvastian, Cardiff University A ruling by the UK Supreme Court could have huge […]

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Economics

VilaWeb: Nissan closes its factories in Catalonia and puts 20,000 jobs at risk

May 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Over 3,000 people work in the factories of Japanese carmaker, which moves out after 40 years of activity. Read here

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Economics

Bill Mitchell – ECB asset purchase programs are the only thing keeping Member States solvent

May 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The ECB is the currency issuer and it does more or less what it likes to keep the Member States solvent. Read here

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Austerity

Charlotte Godziewski – As long as Economic Growth remains the EU’s Main Objective, it will not be Well Prepared for Health Threats

May 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Covid-19 outbreak has prompted a variety of proposals for improving the EU’s capacity to tackle future pandemics. Charlotte Godziewski argues that while there has been much discussion about technical reforms, there has been little […]

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Aviation

Ben Christopher Howard – Green Bailouts: Relying on Carbon Offsetting will let Polluting Airlines off the Hook

May 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Dan Meyers/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Ben Christopher Howard, University of Birmingham The coronavirus pandemic has grounded thousands of aircraft, contributing to the largest-ever annual fall in CO₂ emissions. At some point though, the planes will soar […]

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Aviation

Climate Home News – Airlines could get Free Pass on Climate for Five Years under Industry Proposal

May 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The industry is lobbying to rewrite the rules of a UN aviation pact, in a move researchers say would remove pressure to invest in clean flying technology  Read here

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Economics

Bill Mitchell: Why do currency-issuing governments issue debt? – Part 1

May 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

One question that continually comes up when I do interviews is this: If governments are not financially constrained in their spending why do they issue debt? Read here

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Austerity

Heiner Flassbeck and Friederike Spiecker – Democracy and International Relations

May 26, 2020 David Shirreff 0

An international fire brigade – one way of looking at the European Central Bank – should brook no interference at the national level when it turns on its fire hose. Its ultimate arbiter is the […]

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Corruption

Carlos Rodríguez Expósito – A Taxi Driver, a Corrupt Spanish Political Class, and International Finance

May 26, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

To understand Coronavirus crisis in Spain, it is essential to understand its history of endemic corruption, in this case of public services, that is driven by politicians guided by Spain’s large financial interests (banks and […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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