EU politics
Wolfgang Munchau: The dictator and us
The case for an EU foreign and security policy – just like the case for a European centre for disease control – remains strong. But it needs to be based on clarity of purpose. Unless […]
Year: 2021
Aviation
Reuters: French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights
French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon emissions even as the air travel […]
EU politics
Abigail B. Bakan, Alejandro I. Paz, Anna Zalik, Deborah Cowen – Jewish scholars defend the right to academic freedom on Israel/Palestine
People carry a sign protesting Israeli actions in Palestine during a protest march in Toronto in May 2018. (Raghd Hamzeh), Author provided Abigail B. Bakan, University of Toronto; Alejandro I. Paz, University of Toronto; Anna […]
Austerity
Post Growth: Life after Capitalism by Tim Jackson
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose On Monday, 12 April at 8pm CET, BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be presenting a Webinar with Tim Jackson about his book Post Growth. There will be a simultaneous Translation […]
Climate Crisis
Jeffrey Sachs – New Economics for Sustainable Development
The Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism hosted Jeffrey Sachs on sustainable development, ecological crises, inequality+Q/A on the weakness of economics in addressing empirics, non-market institutions, technological change, and its own ethical foundations
Economics
CNN: Amazon defeated the union vote. What happens next?
Amazon has soundly defeated a landmark union drive that would have established the company’s first US union, but labor advocates are hopeful that the high-profile fight will nonetheless be successful in spurring support for broader […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Financial fiction: the new ones (SPACs, NFTs, cryptocurrencies)
While the real economy is in crisis and the climate crisis spins out of control capitalism’s answer is financial engineering and swindles that are traditional to the accumulation of and speculation in what Marx called […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell – Latest IMF data helps us see how political choices impact on health and economic outcomes
Corona: Elimination is better for health outcomes. It is better for economic outcomes. It is costly but less so than the alternative that most nations have deployed. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Biden’s tax plan is about tackling the class warfare of the US elite
Richard Murphy and the Tax Justice Network have been major actors in bringing about this development Richard Murphy is a Visiting Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns on […]
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot – In 2008, we bailed out the banks. In 2021, we need to bail out the planet
The COVID-19 pandemic is not a random event. It is a symptom of a global economic system that is destroying the living planet. George Monbiot is a journalist, academic and political and environmental activist Cross-posted […]