Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – First Insights into an EU Vaccination Contract
There is much material missing still, but what is visible is not good. Read here
Month: January 2021
Economics
They said it couldn’t be done: Government Debt up to 97.3% of GDP in Euro Area
Compared with the third quarter of 2019, the government debt to GDP ratio rose in both the euro area (from 85.8% to 97.3%) and the EU (from 79.2% to 89.8%): the increases are due to […]
EU politics
Robert Tombs – Perry Anderson: A Devastating Indictment of the EU
The prominent Left-wing intellectual Perry Anderson has just published a comprehensive and crushing indictment of the EU from its beginnings to the present. Robert Tombs provides a summary for those who might balk at reading […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – How Capitalism’s Dogged Defenders and Propagandists Defend It From Criticism
We need to drop the taboo on debating how we ought to organize the workplaces where most adults spend most of their lives. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of […]
Austerity
Michael Roberts – Biden’s Four Years
A good analysis of the challenges facing the Biden government. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ Blog It’s inauguration day. There is a new president […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project: From Gig Worker to Union Leader – Interview with Alex Marshall
Alex Marshall is President of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) The Gig Economy Project spoke to Alex Marshall, new President of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and former delivery […]
Economics
Dean Baker – Trump Crazy and Intellectual Crazy
At the most basic level, anyone in a policy position is almost always, by definition, on the winning side of the inequality gap. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – There is a post-Covid society to shape, and it is not like the one that existed before we went into this
We all seem to have forgotten that before COVID we were, and still are, confronted with an existential climate crisis and an economic recession due to the failures of neo-liberalism (again). Richard Murphy is a […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The pandemic is demonstrating that we can resist neoliberalism
Pierre Bordieu considered the neoliberal era to be one of the significant retrenchments in our civilisation: … the failure of the state as the guardian of the public interest. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – What are the problems with QE?
Twelve years ago quantitative easing was considered radical. It was called ‘unconventional’ monetary policy. Actually, it was government just using the power it has to create money at will, which had been pretty much denied until that […]