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Economics

Juan Laborda – The Economic Experiments: No More Champagne

December 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Are things changing in the economics profession? Juan Laborda teaches Financial Economics at the University of Carlos III and Money and Banking, Syracuse University (Madrid) Originally published in Spanish at vozpopuli (en Español) Translated and […]

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Economics

Bill Mitchell – Is the $US900 billion stimulus in the US likely to overheat the economy

December 27, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Comments made last week by the former Clinton, Obama and now Biden economist Lawrence Summers contesting whether it was sensible for the US government to provide a $US2,000 once-off, means-tested payments was met with widespread […]

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Austerity

Yanis Varoufakis – Designing a Postcapitalist Future in the Midst of the Pandemic

December 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 1

Doubts that our world is morally indefensible become unforgiveable when even the bankers of the ultra-rich, along with the bailiffs working diligently on their behalf, are panicking about excessive inequality. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance […]

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Economics

Charline Sempéré – Covid-19: how the health crisis is exposing the omnipresence and mundanity of unfree labour in our economies

December 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The exploitation of workers is nothing new, yet how might we challenge this exploitation? The recent Covid pandemic highlights how essential workers are to our well-being and reproduction. We should therefore rethink the value we […]

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Economics

Bill Mitchell: Further evidence undermining the mainstream case against fiscal deficits

December 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Why the shibboleths of neo-classical economics are at the root of the current failings of our society. Read here

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Economics

The not so V-Recovery – Eurostat: EU’s attempt to export its recession running into trouble

December 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

In October EU exports began falling again – and this before the second wave as the “robust V-Recovery” was supposed to be happening. Read here

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Economics

Steve Keen – Interview by Age of Economics

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 2

Steve Keen addresses eight questions about economics today. Perfect for the Christmas break. Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience & Security, UCL Cross-posted from Age of Economics 1. Why does […]

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Climate Crisis

Branko Milanović – On “Capitalism, Alone”: A Conversation

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is the text of the interview given to Sega Newspaper at the occasion of the publication of “Capitalism, Alone” in Bulgarian. The text in Bulgarian is here. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in […]

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Corruption

Marie Toussaint – Ecocide: Towards International Recognition

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The fight to have ecocide recognised as a crime against humanity in both international and national law has spanned multiple decades. During this time, countless crimes against ecosystems and their inhabitants – human and animal […]

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Corruption

Jaume Portell Caño – Five Reasons Why 20,000 Senegalese arrived in the Canary Islands

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

What is the point of having so many eyes watching if they only observe the victim on the ground? Jaume Portell Caño is a freelance journalist specialised in economy and international relations, always in relation […]

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

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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 […]

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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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