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Philipp Heimberger – Hyperinflation and the Rise of the Nazis: Distortions of History by Hans-Werner Sinn

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The well-known German economist Hans-Werner Sinn wrongly attributes Hitler’s rise to power to the hyperinflation ten years earlier. This leads to misguided policy recommendations. Philipp Heimberger is Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic […]

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Robin McAlpine: Solidarity isn’t just for Christmas – it’s a cold, hard strategy for a better world

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

A Christmas message from Scotland’s Robin McAlpine. It is one we universally  share. Either we grasp the reality we are in and pull together, or much, much worse is to come. Although we do our […]

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Richard D. Wolff – The D.C. Political Monopoly Just Does Not Get It

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

When the political elite inexorably furthers the interests of the 1%, that is no longer democracy. Then they wonder why citizens are losing their faith in democracy. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus […]

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Andrew Purves – Land Value as a New Medium for QE

December 23, 2020 David Shirreff 0

A perverse effect of conventional quantitative easing (QE) has been soaring asset prices, particularly property. Some of that hype could be intermediated by the state – for the public good. Andrew Purves runs a furniture […]

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Antoni Soy – Les esquerres i la Unió Europea

December 23, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Antoni Soy – Professor honorífic d’economia de la Universitat de Barcelona Cross-posted de Directa You can read this article in English here Les esquerres, en un sentit ampli, han viscut (i viuen) en un dilema […]

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Guillem Colom-Montero – ‘COVID Summer of 2020: From Overtourism to No-Tourism in Southern Europe’

December 22, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Many EU citizens witnessed how their cities have become tourism commodities, Disneylands in the EU economic master-plan. With COVID-19 they have re-discovered their home towns and civic culture. Guillem Colom-Montero is a Lecturer in Hispanic […]

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EU politics

Laurent Pech – The Rule of Law Compromise: The EU’s Gift to Autocrats

December 22, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The EU has a long history of breaking laws and rules. Germany is always at the forefront. But as Trump, and Merkel without the theatrical element, have proven, hegemons make and break the rules and […]

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James Foley – Cosmopolitan Dystopia: Why Empire Needs Fatuous Leftism

December 21, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The ideology of imperialist war has become almost indistinguishable from the rhetoric of human rights in recent decades. James Foley reviews a new study of liberal interventionism by Philip Cunliffe. James Foley is a founding […]

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Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson – The Pandemic has Reinforced the Case for Egalitarianism to Define the Ethos of the Welfare State

December 21, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Greater equality is the key to reining in consumerism and waste to achieve carbon neutrality and sustainable well being Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York Richard Wilkinson is Emeritus Professor […]

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Energy Monitor: Investor lawsuits could slow the energy transition

December 21, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Investor-state dispute settlements could allow fossil fuel investors to slow government plans. Read here

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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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