Aviation
eu observer: EU Commission wary of Austria’s green air-price plan
How the EU will impose its Braun Deal: by blocking national governments from introducing measures to reduce CO2 Read here
Month: February 2021
Economics
Michael Roberts – Mainstream Economics: Meeting the Historic Challenges?
There seems no crisis that mainstream economics can predict or solve. So why is it mainstream? Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ Blog Recently, […]
Climate Crisis
Politico: French court condemns government for climate inaction
It’s the first time a court condemned the French state over its climate policy. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Why the accounts of multinational companies are works of fiction
The world’s multinational corporations would have you believe that their accounts provide a true and fair view of the transactions that they undertake, but this is in very many ways very far from the truth. […]
Climate Crisis
Gizmodo: The Only Carbon Capture Plant in the U.S. Just Closed
Decades of research has made CCS technically feasible, but it’s both incredibly complex and wildly expensive. Petra Nova was the only operational CCS project in the U.S., and the largest one in the world using […]
Deregulation
ETUC and ConoSur: Unions reject EU-Mercosur trade agreement
The agreement fails to include strong and binding safeguards that ensure protection of, and respect for, labour rights. Read here
Austerity
Sergio Cesaratto – The Next EU Degeneration
The Next Generation EU programme is full of pitfalls for many EU nations, as here in Italy. Sergio Cesaratto is Professor of Growth and Development Economics and of Monetary and Fiscal Policies in the European […]
Austerity
Philippe Pochet – A Socio-Ecological Contract for a Post-Pandemic Europe
Philippe Pochet, general director of the European Trade Union Institute, about what the pandemic has meant for workers across Europe. The crisis may have opened a window of opportunity, but positive change cannot be taken […]
EU politics
David Jamieson – The Irish Debacle is Proof of EU Contempt for Small Nations
In the current COVID Crisis, beyond a lot of spin (see here but do have a hanky nearby. It is so moving.) the EU has shown its true face: closing national borders, hoarding medical supplies […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell – European Union – no democracy, no rule of law, no solidarity, no human rights, no economic miracle!
Bill Mitchell on Perry Anderson’s article “Ever Closer Union” Read here