Climate Crisis
Fairytales of Growth
A film on Climate Change, Degrowth and System Change.
Year: 2020
EU politics
BBC: Poland’s Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote
Hopes of the EU political elite again dashed. Read here
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: How hard is it for the government to create some jobs?
The – Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights – for the UN was released this week (July 7, 2020). It was Philip Alston’s last report in that role. It is […]
Economics
Frances Coppola – What Went Wrong at intu?
We shall be seeing much more of this with companies that had taken on too much debt. This is surely just the tip of the iceberg. Frances Coppola is the author of the Coppola Comment finance and […]
EU politics
Branko Milanović – Is Citizenship just a Rent?
What is not mentioned are the duties required of citizens, but one can buy one’s way out of these too. This aspect, by the way, is well covered in Branko’s book “Capitalism, Alone”, a book […]
EU politics
Duroyan Fertl – Kill-lists and Commandos: Germany has a Nazi Problem (Part 2)
The latest figures from the German government show a worrying increase in far-right violence in the country. Days after the government announced dramatic steps to combat far-right extremism in its military, far-right death threats originating […]
Corruption
Scribbled – Andrea Capussela: Liberal non-interference or Republican non-Denomination?
In the second episode of Scribbled we welcome back to the podcast Dr. Andrea Lorenzo Capussela (London School of Economics). We discuss how civic engagement may improve the political economic equilibrium of Italy and how […]
Economics
MMT Podcast – John T. Harvey: Contending Perspectives In Economics (Part 2)
A highly entertaining look a heterodox economics Listen here
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – The Phoney Recovery
The economic recovery is progressing really well in the EU – if you believe the EU political class and mainstream media. It isn’t. And with a lack or leadership and competence there is a rude […]
EU politics
Duroyan Fertl – Kill-lists and Commandos: Germany has a Nazi Problem
The latest figures from the German government show a worrying increase in far-right violence in the country. Days after the government announced dramatic steps to combat far-right extremism in its military, far-right death threats originating […]