Economics
A Monster EU V-Recovery is Coming! Some Day: Q4 – GDP down by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU
-5.1% in the euro area and -4.8% EU compared with the fourth quarter of 2019 Read here
Year: 2021
EU politics
Euro Intelligence – On the German-Russia Dilemma
How Macron and Merkel are moving in different directions – on Nord Stream 2 and pandemic policies. We also talk about bitcoin, and dissect Lagarde’s claim that it isn’t real money Listen here
Aviation
City A.M. – French government scraps plans for expansion of Charles de Gaulle airport
The French government has today scrapped plans for a major expansion at Charles de Gaulle airport due to climate change concerns. Read here
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Espanya: A la cua del rànquing de la UE en despesa social anti-Covid
You can read the article in English here A Espanya, la gestió de la crisi sanitària i econòmica provocada pel COVID19 ha creat contradiccions i mancances de tot tipus que en circumstàncies normals podrien haver […]
Climate Crisis
Timothée Parrique, Giorgos Kallis – Degrowth: Socialism without Growth
People appear to understand the abstract concept of “limitless”, but it is more difficult to understand that the concept cannot and should not be applied to growth. Even socialists must shake off the idea that […]
Austerity
Interview with Sergio Cesaratto: Draghi and the Italian Melodrama
Neither the recovery fund nor Draghi will bring Italy out of its crisis. Sergio Cesaratto is Professor of Growth and Development Economics and of Monetary and Fiscal Policies in the European Monetary Union, University of […]
Economics
Simon Youel – QE or not to QE? Soaring inequality proves it’s time for a new macroeconomic approach
Quantitative Easing has made the rich richer and not stimulated the economy Simon Youel is Head of Policy & Advocacy at Positive Money Cross-posted from Positive Money If you just looked at property and financial […]
EU politics
Albert Noguera – The Past Always Triumphs: Notes on a Spanish Amnesty
Spain’s democracy suffers from the fact that it is still dominated by its absolutist and fascist eras. Albert Noguera is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia. He is a member of the […]
Economics
Albena Azmanova – Why Does Economics Matter?
How economics matters — as a science committed to the study of the material conditions of the good life Scholar, author, public intellectual. Associate Professor of Political & Social Thought at the University of Kent’s […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – The Problems of Authenticity Under Capitalism
It used to be called “kitsch”. Now it is called big business. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules […]