Economics
George Turner – If we want tax exiles to contribute to the recovery, then we need to tax them
Attempts to ban tax haven companies from receiving bailouts are eye-catching and popular, but won’t touch Britain’s tax exiles Read here
Month: May 2020
Economics
Michael Roberts – Profitability, Investment, and the Corona Pandemic
So the coronavirus slump will be deep and long lasting with a weak recovery to follow and could cause a financial crash. And working people will suffer severely, especially those at the bottom of the […]
Austerity
Stuart Medina, Manolo Monereo – Spain: (Monetary) Sovereignty or Barbarism
“In essence, the Eurozone has proved to be a clumsy experiment in monetary-fiscal schizophrenia that has undermined democratic control“ “The pandemic and its economic aftermath will expose in all its harshness the loss of democratic […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Inheritance, Marriage, and Swindle: the Three Ways to the Top
Inheritance gives a head start advantage. Marriage is the way to share in that advantage. Business swindle is a way to undermine that advantage. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His […]
Economics
Juan Laborda – How Southern Europe has Financed Germany and the Netherlands
Southern Europe, since the creation of the euro, has been financing Northern Europe. And they’ll want to stick it to us again using Covid-19 as an excuse. Juan Laborda teaches Financial Economics at the University […]
Climate Crisis
Giorgos Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria – The Case for Degrowth in a Time of the Corona Pandemic
The time is ripe for us to refocus on what really matters: not GDP, but the health and well-being of our people and our planet. Giorgos Kallis is ICREA Professor at the Institute of Environmental […]
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – “The EU couldn’t care less that Spain’s Army is Franco-Friendly”
Franco’s fascist power structures in Spain are alive and well in the EU Toni Strubell is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What Catalans Want Núria Bassa Camps is a […]
Finance
CTV News: Foodora owes more than $4.7M to restaurants and creditors across Canada
This says almost everything about platform economy practices. Read here
EU politics
Kafkadesk: Read this before you write about Hungarian democracy
Western media outlets have been playing a part in enabling the erosion of institutions in Hungary. But there is a way forward. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Government Debt: An Explanation
Let’s take something that appears really, really complicated and make it really, really simple. Richard Murphy explains government debt and bonds. As podcast and text. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, […]