Corruption
AP – Leftist-green candidate elected mayor of Croatia’s capital
We shall see how long a leftist politician with integrity holds out in a corrupt EU nation. Read here
Month: May 2021
Climate Crisis
Ian Goldin – COVID-19 has shown that following the same road will lead the world over a precipice
Shutterstock Ian Goldin, University of Oxford Despite the tragic deaths, suffering and sadness that it has caused, the pandemic could go down in history as the event that rescued humanity. It has created a once-in-a-generation […]
Climate Crisis
Natural History Museum UK – Leading scientists set out resource challenge of meeting net zero emissions in the UK by 2050
The resources for a transition to a Green Economy parallel to our current economy simply do not exist. It is time for governments to come clean. A letter authored by Natural History Museum Head of […]
Economics
Frank Van Lerven: Public debt - the untold story
Fetishising public debt doesn’t give us the full picture on the economy and the role of government borrowing Frank van Lerven is an economist currently leading New Economics Foundations’s work on greening central banks and […]
Finance
Chris Dillow: Playing the victim
The art of bourgeois politics has of course always been to hide the true nature of inequality. What is remarkable is just how many ways those in power have of performing this trick. Read here
Corruption
Politico – Sebastian Kurz (and his mom) battle Austria’s judiciary
Attacks by chancellor and allies against corruption probe threaten rule of law, critics warn. However any attack on corruption is an attack on the EU political class. Read here
EU politics
Albert Noguera – Spain: Two taboos that prevent the fight against the far-right Vox
Courageous legislative measures against the far-right cannot be adopted unless two of the great taboos of Spanish political culture are first broken. Albert Noguera is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia. He […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – The productivity crisis
Labour productivity growth globally has been slowing for 50 years and looks like continuing to do so. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael’s Blog It […]
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Knorr: Trickery in Climate Neutrality – How Net Zero is Secretly Being Redefined
The crux is that corporations and governments will leave out no tricks and lies to give the impression that we are well on our way to halting climate change, while doing too little or nothing. […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell – ECB realises it has to keep funding Member State deficits for the foreseeable future
Without this massive funding of Member State by the ECB deficits (which are too low to be sure), many Member States would become insolvent fairly quickly – Italy would be first in the queue. Read […]