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Gig Economy Project Podcast – Workers’ inquiry and the global class struggle: interview with Robert Ovetz

May 7, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

A burgeoning literature is seeking to understand 21st century capitalism from the perspective of work, the working class and class struggle. This ‘workerism’ tradition, historically associated with Italian marxism in the 1960s, starts from the […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU Commission’s pharma echo chamber

May 7, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Who meets the European Commission to discuss the scarcity of COVID vaccines and medicines in Europe and globally? An investigation of recent meetings show a disconcerting pattern: only those not questioning big pharma’s monopoly on […]

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Corruption

Branko Milanović – Marx in Amerika

May 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Much may have changed in the structures of capitalism since Marx, but the exploitation survives – more now than ever. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest  book is “Capitalism, […]

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Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad – United States Withdraws From Afghanistan? Not Really

May 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

And what about the rest of NATO? Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and political activist. He is the laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor […]

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New Weather Institute – How advertisers got people shopping in two-tonne trucks

May 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

A new study shows three quarters of ‘off road’ SUVs sold in towns and cities and calls on ad agencies to drop polluters The New Weather Institute is a co-op and a think-tank, created to […]

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EU politics

Bloomberg – Merkel Pushes Back on Vaccine Patent Waiver in Clash With Biden

May 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

When the Trump reactionary high tide is in everyone looks liberal. Now that that tide is out the  “Great Leader” of European liberal democracy is discovered to be skinny dipping. Read here  

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Finance

Reuters – Biden administration blocks Trump-era rule affecting gig workers

May 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Like the US lifting patent rights on COVID vaccines has forced the EU to change policy, this will probably change the EU’s planned law concerning gig workers, who they were planning to screw. The Biden […]

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Economics

Bill Mitchell – US and UK fiscal stimulus supporting growth while the delays in the Eurozone lead to a double-dip recession

May 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Fiscal support should always err on the side of ‘too much for too long’ rather than ‘too little for not long enough’. Read here

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Corruption

DW: Merkel’s CDU under fire over nomination of far-right ex-spy chief

May 6, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The decision to have Hans-Georg Maassen run as a candidate in Germany’s upcoming general election has prompted a wave a criticism for Merkel’s conservatives — and accusations of far-right pandering. Read here

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EU politics

Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte, José Rama – Madrid’s regional election: How we got here, what happened, and why it matters

May 5, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

On 4 May, the Popular Party, led by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, doubled their share of seats in a snap regional election in Madrid. Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte and José Rama react to the result, which also […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

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Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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