Economics
Michael Hudson – Global Financial Empire
Part 2 of this series (Watch Part 1 here)
Month: August 2021
Climate Crisis
Julia Steinberger – Overconsumption, the climate emergency, and the scientific community
As the stark findings of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change make global headlines, Prof Julia Steinberger, University of Lausanne, explores how to live well within environmental limits, and asks why […]
Economics
Thomas Klikauer, György Széll, and Meg Young – German Contract Workers and the Coronavirus Pandemic
In Germany there are two classes of workers: permanent employees, often with good wages and job security and contract workers with none of these. Thomas Klikauer teaches at the Sydney Graduate School of Management at […]
Climate Crisis
Sue Venn, Kate Burningham, Tim Jackson – Situated Understandings of the Good Life
Our pursuit of prosperity is shaped by material circumstances and situated within social and physical environments. Susan Venn is a CUSP Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and the CES at the University of […]
Finance
Gig Economy Project – Barcelona: Glovo ‘dark supermarket’ riders begin unprecedented strike action
First official strike in the app-based food delivery sector in Spain begins, with five Glovo ‘dark supermarkets’ in Barcelona said to be “paralysed” by the action The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]
Economics
Arjun Jayadev – Inequality: Why Should I Care?
Inequality is an issue we all face every day, from income disparities to gender discrimination. In this first lecture in the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s “Inequality 101” series, Arjun Jayadev explains the vital importance […]
Climate Crisis
BBC: Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine
Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world’s first “climate change famine”, according to the United Nations, which says tens of thousands of people are already suffering “catastrophic” levels of hunger and food insecurity […]
Economics
DeStatis – Germany’s Export Boom becomes Export Stagnation: July -2.7%
Germany’s inexorable export growth has come to a standstill. Read here
National Politics
Patrick Cockburn – The Taliban May Pretend to Show Moderation, But the Murderous Reality is Far Different
What is currently occurring at Kabul airport is just the prelude for radical change in Afghanistan Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch Photograph Source: Michael Evans […]
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – What I think Extinction Rebellion should be saying about capitalism
You cannot stop the climate crisis without halting capitalism. Richard Murphy on which aspects of capitalism need to be changed? Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered […]