Economics
Richard Murphy – The economics of the real world
Political economy – warts and all.
Month: February 2021
Austerity
Heterodox Challenges in Economics by Sergio Cesaratto
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose Puoi leggere questa recensione del libro in italiano qui I never thought that I would describe an economics book as “a delightful read”, but “Heterodox Challenges in Economics” by […]
Economics
Jason Hickel – Is the world poor, or unjust?
“Our economic system is not designed to meet human needs; it is designed to facilitate capital accumulation.” Jason Hickel is an academic at the University of London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of […]
EU politics
David Miller – We must resist Israel’s war on British universities
In the recent past we have seen one upstanding leftist with a distinguished history of fighting racism, fascism, yes even anti-Semitism being attacked as anti-Semitic, such as Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Loach, and the Jewish poet […]
EU politics
Julia Rone – Divided by a common purpose: Why do activists in Central and Eastern Europe rarely collaborate with those in the West?
Major protests have occurred in several countries in Central and Eastern Europe in the last few years. Yet as Julia Rone explains, there has been a remarkable lack of coordination between activists in the region […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – USA: A Minimum Wage? A Fake Debate
In 2017 a minimum wage was introduced (!) in Germany. It was only 8.84€ per hour. Leading economists like Hans Werner Sinn, Germany’s chief neo-liberal ideologue, predicted an increase of one million unemployed. Not only […]
Economics
Eurozone’s unstoppable V-Recovery – Q4: GDP down by 0.6% and employment up by 0.3% in the euro area
In the fourth quarter of 2020, seasonally adjusted GDP decreased by 0.6% in the euro areaand by 0.4% in the EU,compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell – The ‘disciplining role of markets’ should be replaced by the disciplining role of democracy
Capital through its lobbying power has also meant that there is now democratic deficits rising all around the world. So, we don’t even get to express our political choices on an even playing field. Read […]
EU politics
Vila Web: Police handling in spotlight after seventh night of protests against jailing of rapper Pablo Hasel
How public order is maintained and the role of the Catalan riot police are key to government talks Read here
Climate Crisis
Julia Symon – How Resilient are National Fiscal Plans of Germany, France, and Spain?
Finance Watch has analysed the fiscal plans put in place by the French, German and Spanish governments. The plans aim to help repair the immediate economic and social damage brought about by the coronavirus pandemic […]