Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Australia’s bushfire dystopia – another entry for the neoliberal report card
We shall catch up on the CFA Franc series, but thought this was more important. Read here
Year: 2020
Climate Crisis
Stanislas Jourdan – Green QE is about more than buying climate-friendly bonds
The recent declarations of new European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde on the possible role of her institution in the fight against climate change have revived pushbacks from central bankers and financial commentators against “green quantitative easing”. However, the […]
Austerity
Juan Laborda, Andrés Villena – Spain: Coalition Government Burying the ‘Mitterrand Syndrome’
Beyond the positive results it could possibly achieve, Spain’s new government has the chance to show that politics still has a purpose in European democracies Juan Laborda is professor of Financial Economics and Derivatives at […]
Climate Crisis
Sustainability Agenda Podcast – Noam Chomsky on the environmental crisis
In this fascinating and timely interview, Professor Chomsky shares his views on the urgent environmental crises we are facing today—and says, following the recent IPCC report, that it is indeed “time to panic” about climate […]
Austerity
BarakalypseNow – This Is Neoliberalism: Hayek and the Mont Pelerin Society I: 1918 – 1939 (Part 3)
We are continuing with Part 3 of this brilliant series. See Part 1 here and Part 2 here
Climate Crisis
David Barmes – There will be No Escape from Fires and Floods without a Transformation of our Economic System
As bushfires rip through Australia and a deluge floods Indonesia’s capital city, policymakers continue to place ecocidal economic growth above all else. Addressing climate and ecological breakdown will require nothing less than a deep social […]
EU politics
IfW Kiel: The EU Runs a Large Trade Surplus with Itself – One Reason Is Apparently Large-Scale VAT Fraud
We knew about the free movement of goods within the EU, but not about the tax-free movement of goods. The EU at it again, creating loopholes for corporations at the expense of its citizens. The […]
Corruption
Romania Insider: Corruption scandal hits biggest private university in Romania, pro-rector arrested for bribery
Once again the EU proves that the market will best regulates supply and demand. They probably were taught this by the German hegemon, where many prominent German politicians cheated to obtain their PhDs. Read here
Climate Crisis
European Scientist: New EU fishing quotas continue to promote overfishing
Once again corporation profits over our future. The EU is always reliable to work against our interests. Read here
Economics
Carlos Garcia Hernández – Spain’s New Coalition: Neo-liberalism with a Heart
There is a lot of criticism on the Spanish left of the Social Democrat/Unidas Podemos coalition’s financial policy. Carlos Garcia Hernández analyses this from a Modern Monetary Theory perspective. Carlos Garcia Hernández is managing director […]