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Carlos Rodríguez – Spain: Uber and Corruption in Madrid 

July 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Spanish right-wing Popular Party (PP), notorious for its corruption, now runs the regional and city council of Madrid. They are using their new-found power to liberalise the taxi sector in the Spanish capital. Unsurprisingly, […]

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Ala’a Shehabi – We urgently need New Tools to Measure Economic Recovery after Coronavirus

July 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

RungrokYongrit/EPA-EFE Ala’a Shehabi, UCL Economies across the world are on course to face the worst fall in GDP figures since 2008. In the UK, GDP fell by 10.4% in the first three months of 2020, […]

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Economics

Richard Murphy – Money in pursuit of Hopelessness: the Gold Price has hit an all time High

July 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

A snapshot of the world economy. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns on issues of tax avoidance and tax evasion, as well as blogging at Tax […]

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Austerity

Renegade Inc. – Chris Williamson: Lions Led by Donkeys

July 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The phrase ‘lions led by donkeys’ was used to describe the British front line soldiers of WW1 – they were the brave lions who were sent to their deaths by incompetent and indifferent leaders. After […]

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Climate Crisis

Juliet Ferguson – Europe’s love affair with fossil fuels

July 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Investigate Europe’s findings show that Europe subsidises its fossil fuel sectors by more than €137 billion per year. Yet, thanks to loopholes that allow for vague definitions and a lack of clear oversight, many countries […]

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Economics

Philipp Heimberger, Nikolaus Kowall – Why distorted Pictures of Italy are Poison for European Policy Debates

July 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Recent policy debates concerning the EU recovery fund and public debt have strongly focused on Italy and kept reinforcing stereotypes on the country’s economic governance Philipp Heimberger is Economist at the Vienna Institute for International […]

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Economics

Michael Roberts – A World Rate of Profit: a New Approach

July 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This might be more for economists, but if you are interested in economics, it is relatively simple to understand. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael […]

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Austerity

Yanis Varoufakis – The EU Coronavirus Recovery Fund will take Europe another Step towards Disintegration

July 26, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

During the early years of the eurozone crisis, I remember gauging its depths by the rapidly diminishing half-life of the celebrations that followed every European Union summit. Premature proclamations that the crisis was over inspired hope, […]

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Economics

Richard D. Wolff – Many Terms That Are Frequently Used to Describe Capitalism Simply Don’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny

July 26, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

What really lies behind the term capitalism? Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New […]

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Economics

Marshall Auerback – Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back

July 26, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

New economic imperatives are forcing geo-political blocks to make a choice. This article makes clear that Europe is destined to be the loser. Not only does it not have an international policy – as always […]

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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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