Economics
Paolo Gerbaudo: The great recoil of neoliberal globalization
The implosion of neoliberal globalization is not just a moment of regression, but potentially a phase of re-internalization, which the left should exploit. Read here
Year: 2021
Economics
Bill Mitchell: When ‘new’ is really old and doesn’t get us very far – latest BIS paper
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose Read here
Climate Crisis
EEB: Wasteful destruction of unsold goods must be banned, NGOs urge the EU
Belgian, French and German initiatives to end product destruction must be upscaled at the single-market level Read here
Economics
Branko Milanović – On the role of economics and global inequality
How economics help us to understand political and social movements Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World” […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Stocks, profit margins, and the economy
A look at what is happening in the world economy. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael’s Blog The US stock market went back […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Why we should fear a Prop-22 law for Europe: Interview with Anne Dufresne
Brussels-based Anne Dufresne, co-author of new book “App Workers United – The Struggle for Rights in the Gig Economy”, tells the Gig Economy Project that the EU Commission’s track record of ‘deconstructing the social rights […]
Climate Crisis
The Ecologist: Atmospheric greenhouse gases reach record high
‘We need to transform our commitment into action that will have an impact on the gases that drive climate change.’ Read here
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Austerity and interest increases are not in any way required by inflation. If they happen they are the politics of upwards redistribution of wealth
Be it a government deficit, inflation, or too much democracy, austerity is always the policy of choice for neo-liberals. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. Chartered accountant. […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: Stop the revolving door: fossil fuel policy influencers
We are already feeling the impacts of the climate emergency, with record-breaking storms, floods, droughts and fires. Over two-thirds of man-made greenhouse gas emissions come from the fossil fuel industry, and its capture of our […]
EU politics
DW: Romania in desperate struggle against COVID-19
Another EU nation. Another Liberal government under the motto “The market will solve this.” Read here