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Finance

Ben Wray – ‘We are Suffering Absolute Insecurity’: Gig Workers Announce 8 October Global Day of Action

September 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

App-based delivery workers from 12 countries around the world announced a global day of action for 8 October, and explained how they were suffering in the context of the pandemic. Ben Wray is a freelance […]

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Corruption

Corporate Europe Observatory – Will the EU Commission Stand Firm against Toxic Lobbying Pressure?

September 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Once again we see international corporations dictating EU policy. Germany was willing to sacrifice naming a German to head the European Central Bank realising the Ursula von der Leyen as EU Commission President would be […]

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EU politics

Ms Merkel’s Incredible V-Recovery: Germany still has half a million less people in work than before the crisis

September 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Employment is stagnant in Germany, with half a million less employed. Do not forget, Germany has round six million furloughed workers, not to mention an enormous self-employed grey zone, which is not discernable these into […]

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EU politics

Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe – Assessing the political impact of Covid-19 in Italy

September 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Italy was the first country in Europe to experience a major Covid-19 outbreak and remains one of the hardest hit by the crisis. Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe examines the consequences of the pandemic for domestic […]

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Corruption

Direkt 36: How Orbán played Germany, Europe’s great power

September 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

If you still had any illusions of how the EU functions under its German hegemon, this article will remove these. A brilliant piece. Read here

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Economics

Branko Milanović – Income Inequality in Quesnay and Smith

September 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is the first video of a two-part lecture in which the Stone Center’s Branko Milanovic discusses writings on inequality by François Quesnay, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and Karl Marx and how their work can […]

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Economics

Michael Roberts – Ending the Pandemic Slump – a Return to Keynes?

September 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 1

How to create radical change without any real change Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog The latest Trade and Development report by […]

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Climate Crisis

Jason Hickel – Degrowth and MMT: A Thought Experiment

September 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The progressive pieces are coming together. Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who works on political economy and global justice. He teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London. His most recent book, Less is More, just appeared. […]

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EU politics

Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Spain’s Supreme Court Bars Third Catalan President in a Row

September 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Politically not all that much has changed for the Catalans under Spanish domination, be it under fascism or liberal-democracy Toni Strubell  is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What Catalans […]

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Aviation

Tim Radford – Supply Chains generate massive Carbon Emissions

September 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

When it comes to cutting carbon emissions, think global. Think multinational. Think Coca-Cola, or Total. But don’t fly. Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The Guardian for 32 years, for […]

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This Is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain by Will Davies

January 9, 2021 0

Book Review by Sean Kippin There is a particular brand of UK media figure. Usually male, they revel in the gossip, intrigue and parlour games of British politics. Policy seems to bore them. Economic policy is […]

EU politics

The Call of Catalonia by Sue Crampton

December 14, 2020 0

Book Review by Toni Strubell Sue Crampton’s “The Call of Catalonia”, apart from being a good read, is a book that will be useful to those wondering what the recent kerfuffle was about with the […]

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