Economics
Bill Mitchell: The one-trick New Keynesian ponies are back in town
The deficit/debt and inflation phobes, the one-trick ponies, are increasingly coming out and attempting to force the debate back on their terms. Read here
Month: October 2021
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Under the influence
Is France’s EU Presidency already captured by corporate interests? Read here
Economics
J. W. Mason – The Politics of Pay-Fors Revisited
The idea that constraints on public finance are part of a broader project to insulate the economy from democratic control J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of […]
Environment
Corporate Europe Observatory – Stop the Toxic Trade!
The EU Green Deal includes bold promises to vastly reduce the use of toxic pesticides. But big pesticide corporations like Bayer, BASF, Syngenta and Corteva are lobbying hard to counter these initiatives. They also want […]
Corruption
Hans Wetzels – Illegal GM soya is entering the EU from Ukraine
The EU wants to crank up soya production in eastern Europe. But with illegal genetically modified crops rife, who will benefit? Hans Wetzels is a freelance journalist from the Netherlands Cross-posted from Open Democracy “GM […]
Climate Crisis
Ha Vinh Tho – From inner transformation to social innovation: Gross National Happiness
Many of the systems that were put in place in the last century: economic, political, social, educational… do not seem able to meet the challenges that we are facing as a humankind anymore, and there […]
Corruption
Richard Murphy – How Neo-liberal Populism Destroys a Valuable Public Service – Again
In this simple step for step analysis we see once again the 40 years old populist ploy of privatisation – in this case Britain’s health service NHS Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor […]
Climate Crisis
Emily Scurrah: Decarbonising our shops, supermarkets and warehouses
It’s not just airlines and oil companies who will have to cut emissions — sectors like retail will have to change too. Read here
Climate Crisis
EEB: Green mining’ is a myth: EU must slash resource consumption by two-thirds
New analysis suggests the EU must ditch plans under its European Green Deal to increase mining and set hard limits to the natural resources it extracts in order to prevent human and ecological disaster. Read […]
Climate Crisis
Positive Money EU: How the European Central Bank can unleash the building renovation wave
Trillions are needed for the deep building renovations required to meet Europe’s climate targets. To make this happen, EU institutions need to use the network of banks across Europe and incentivise loans for home renovation, […]