EU politics
Slavoj Žižek, Yanis Varoufakis – Public Use of Reason
Once you get past the first part about the Greek crisis it really does pick up.
Month: October 2021
Climate Crisis
META: The extra mile the EU needs to move away from gas boilers
To protect citizens from soaring gas prices, EU governments must accelerate the deployment of renewable heating, a technology that is ready to replace gas boilers, but only affordable for a standard household in 8 EU […]
Finance
Branko Milanović – Can Xi Jinping defeat three stubborn modern inequalities?
‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics’ is replicating United States inequalities. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World” Cross-posted […]
Austerity
Richard Murphy – The dead hand of German monetary policy is now to be found at the Bank of England – and that’s a threat to us all
The push to renew austerity is being felt in much of Europe as the maintenance of the existing hierarchy of wealth within society is the priority Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of […]
EU politics
Frag Den Staat – Prisons in Paradise: How the EU put refugees behind barbed wire
After the burning of the Moria camp in Lesvos, refugees on the Greek islands are being moved to new camps that resemble prisons. Documents published by Frag Den Staat reveal the EU Fundamental Rights Agency […]
Economics
Jo Michell: Inflation Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
Right-wingers want to blame inflation on workers’ wage demands, but the real culprits are their own policies – and the failure to invest in the climate transition. Read here Credit: Getty Images
EU politics
Chatham House: The law as a tool for EU integration could be ending
Poland is not the only EU member state challenging the supremacy of European law, as historic change is happening in how European integration functions. Read here
Climate Crisis
BBC – COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report
A huge leak of documents seen by BBC News shows how countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change. Read here
Climate Crisis
npr: Despite climate change promises, governments plan to ramp up fossil fuel production
Despite lofty commitments by governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are still planning to extract huge amounts of energy from fossil fuels in the coming years, according to a new report from the United […]
Economics
Jo Michell – Fiscal Silly Season
As governments struggle to reimpose austerity we shall be confronted with some noteworthy intellectual contortions, as here in Britain Jo Michell is associate professor in economics. Bristol Business School, UWE Cross-posted from Critical Macro Finance […]