Climate Crisis
Hamza Hamouchene: Green Hydrogen: The new scramble for North Africa
European plans for hydrogen energy projects in North Africa smack of green colonialism. Read here
Year: 2021
Climate Crisis
Politics Theory Other – Jason Hickel on how degrowth will save the world
Jason Hickel joins PTO to talk about his book, Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. In part one of the interview we discussed the comprehensive and all-encompassing character of the ecological crisis […]
Economics
DeStatis: German Industry investments in 2020: 14% lower than in the previous year
This is an ominous number, especially as 2020 was a Covid year. Odd that no one is picking up on it. Read here
Corruption
News in English No.: The new Parliament must redeem itself
Norway appears to be considering joining the EU as it makes itself “Fit for EU corruption” Read here Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
National Politics
Carole Concha Bell – Apathy or strategy in Chile’s decisive election
Yesterday, 21 November, there was a general election in Chile.The frontrunners pit the far-right against the nominally left. Update: With more than 90% of the votes counted, Kast leads Boric by 28% to 25.6%. The […]
Economics
The Counterbalance – How finance drives monopoly: Private Equity
This is the first part of a series about how finance concentrates economic power. By Nicholas Shaxson Subscribe to The Counterbalance now Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International In July Darren Jones, the […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Whither the global economy?
Why a Roaring Twenties is not coming. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael’s Blog How is the global recovery after the COVID pandemic going? […]
Aviation
Hauke Benner – Die Neue Koalition: Der Klima-Fortschritt ist eine Schnecke
COP26, das CAP, das EU Green Deal und jetzt das. Die politische Elite der EU ist dem “Business as usual” verpflichtet, samt ein paar harmlosen grünen Extras für ihre PR-Maschinerie. Hauke Benner ist ein ehemaliger […]
Climate Crisis
David Poeppel – Should Scholars Take Real Action as the World Burns?
Interview by Andrew Van Wagner Read here Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – L’amenaça andorrana al “lawfare” de Rajoy
Agraïm la revisió de Michael Strubell. You can read this article in English here Han passat quatre anys des del referèndum d’independència de Catalunya i de l’inici d’un període en què va quedar clar que […]