Economics
Bill Mitchell – Rising prices equal an inflation outbreak (apparently) but then the prices start falling again
Explaining the falsity of the inflation hype and why economists cannot explain the contradictory numbers. Read here
Month: June 2021
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau – What Greens should focus on
Why co-opting industry into the Green agenda is a mistake. Read here
Economics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Off the hook?
How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abuses Read here
Austerity
Jonas Elvander – Interview with Costas Lapavitsas and Nicolás Águila: Central banks at the heart of economic activity
There have been major changes in some economic paradigms. What are these, why did they occur, and what are the consequences? Costas Lapavitsas is a professor of political economy at the SOAS University of London […]
Economics
Dean Baker – Biden, China, and the New Cold War
Some interesting thoughts on the rapidly developing confrontation between the USA and China. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from the CEPR Blog MC2 Nardel […]
Climate Crisis
Ian Goldin – How the pandemic could save us
Despite the tragic deaths, suffering and sadness that it has caused, the pandemic could go down in history as the event that rescued humanity. This column argues that the pandemic has created a hinge moment […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Bolt drivers strike in the UK demanding company respects Supreme Court ruling
Bolt drivers demand worker status, an end to unfair dismissals and an extra £2 per mile in 24 hour strike The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling […]
Economics
Positive Money Europe – Markets for distress: will the EU’s Non-Performing Loans strategy worsen the Covid19 social crisis?
After Covid19, huge numbers of households and companies are expected to have loan payment difficulties, aggravating the socially disastrous effects of the crisis and putting a serious strain on the recovery. The EU’s plans to […]
Austerity
Quinn Slobodian – Hayek’s Bastards: The Populist Right’s Neoliberal Roots
Much of the media has framed the populist right as a backlash against neoliberalism – but they share common roots in the project to defend social hierarchies against the threat of equality. Read here
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Why the Neoliberal Drive to Privatize Everything Is Running Out of Steam
Has there been a major paradigm shift or has capitalism made some temporary compromises to help itself out of its crisis? Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, […]