Economics
Bill Mitchell: Central banks are resisting the inflation panic hype from the financial markets – and we are better off as a result
“It has everything to do with ensuring they bail out the gamblers when they overreach.” Read here
Month: December 2021
Climate Crisis
The Great Debt Debate Q&A with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen, Pavlina Tcherneva and Astra Taylor
The First Fight between Michael Hudson and Thomas Piketty about the nature of Debt was held on the 10th anniversary of the edition of David Graeber’s 5000 Years of Debt. The fight had so many […]
Economics
Al Jazeera: Thousands of Serbians block roads to protest lithium mine project
Protesters fear mining by multinational companies will cause huge damage to local environment. Read here
Climate Crisis
Cam Simpson, Akshat Rathi, Saijel Kishan: MSCI, the largest ESG rating company, doesn’t even try to measure the impact of a corporation on the world. It’s all about whether the world might mess with the bottom line
Excellent piece on rampant ESG ‘green washing’ and the limits of existing taxonomies.This is the true contribution of the market to stopping climate change. Read here
EU politics
rfi: Hungary court avoids EU conflict after Orban challenge
Hungary’s constitutional court on Friday rejected a bid by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government to challenge an EU court ruling against its harsh asylum policy. Read here
Climate Crisis
Eurostat – EU: A fifth of road freight kilometres by empty vehicles
Not terribly efficient, especially in the age of the computer. Read here
Fake News
John Pilger – The Judicial Kidnapping of Julian Assange
Yesterday we had the Democracy Summit and the Nobel Peace Prize being given to two journalists. On the other side we had this court decision. Democracy is no longer a political category, but a propagandistic […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – A Guardian article on the threat from modern monetary theory was quite staggeringly wrong
You can prove most anything wrong if you fabricate the facts. The Guardian is a specialist in this. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. Co-founder […]
Finance
Worker Info Exchange – Managed by Bots: Data-Driven Exploitation in the Gig Economy
Worker Info Exchange was set up in 2019 as a digital rights NGO dedicated to research and advocacy of digital rights for workers and their trade unions. This report was written by Cansu Safak and […]
Climate Crisis
EEB: General Block Exemption Regulation must align with EU climate neutrality and zero pollution goals, urges the EEB
Regulation allowing governments to provide state aid without notification to the European Commission must be improved to meet European Green Deal objectives Read here