Economics
Bill Mitchell: Governments should not ‘cool’ an economy or cut deficits when there are millions unemployed still
They have been waiting for years. Now they are back: the free market economists. Read here
Year: 2021
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Cheap Wind and Solar Should Prompt ‘Rethink’ on Role of CCS
Oil and gas companies should be asking themselves whether they are investing in “the right kind of CCS”, its lead author said. Read here A carbon capture and storage facility launched by Canadian electric utility […]
Climate Crisis
Climate Home News: EU’s reformed agricultural policy fails its climate goals, say green groups
COP26 a la EU Lawmakers have approved a reform to the Common Agricultural Policy, which critics say fails to deliver on the bloc’s Green Deal and climate goals Read here Maize harvesting at a farm […]
Climate Crisis
Reynard Loki – The Big Industry That COP26 Failed to Tackle
Our broken and inhumane food system is a huge source of emissions, so why isn’t it a major part of the climate solution? Reynard Loki is a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute, where […]
Climate Crisis
META – How the green recovery looks in Central and Eastern Europe
The EU Green Deal is really a Brown Deal.to protect corporate profits, the use of fossil fuels, and social inequality By Alberto Vela Cross-posted from META The first allocations of recovery funds are flowing to Central and […]
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Knorr – Why COP26 really was all blah, blah, blah
An epilogue to the COP26 show Wolfgang Knorr is a Senior Research Scientist for Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at Lund University Key insights can sometimes come from unexpected sources. In 2006, nobody had heard […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The current inflation trajectory still looks to be transitory
The current inflation is transitory and a result of the Corona disruptions. That said these same disruptions appear to be returning, so this is long from over. Read here
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory: Bitter pill
How the EU’s defence of pharma profits could keep COVID treatments out of reach for millions Read here
Inequality
Everyone or No One
Every year when we begin our fundraising campaign someone asks why we invest so much time and work when we could simply introduce a paywall on BRAVE NEW EUROPE. The answer is simple. We believe […]
Corruption
euronews: Bulgaria’s Rumen Radev wins re-election: Exit polls
Exit polls in Bulgaria suggest that incumbent Rumen Radev is the winner in the nation’s presidential run-off. Radev, a vocal critic of Borissov and firm supporter of last year’s anti-corruption protests, has attracted many Bulgarians […]