Economics
Chris Dillow: How to Shrink the State
If you are serious about cutting government spending as a share of GDP you need much more than libertarian instincts. You need a strong economy. Read Here
Year: 2022
Economics
Michael Roberts – Ukraine: trapped in a war zone
Ukraine is politically and economically a basket case, controlled by a corrupt oligarchy solely interested in extracting wealth and a political class keen on getting the crumbs that fall from that table. The only thing […]
Austerity
UCU – Ten days of strike action begins at UK universities
University leaders have ‘failed staff and students’, UCU said today as up to ten days of strike action began at universities across the UK over devastating cuts to pensions and deteriorating pay & working conditions. […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – Time for a monetary reset?
A society riddled with debt is a society that is reluctant or unable to spend. A lot of that debt has now found its way into housing, with mortgages higher than ever. That’s money we’re […]
Climate Crisis
BBC: Big banks fund new oil and gas despite net zero pledges
Who would have thought: Big banks are pumping billions into new oil and gas production despite net zero pledges, campaigners have said. Read Here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The last thing policy makers should be thinking about right now is creating a recession
Policy makers should ignore the noise from the financial markets and decline to ratify their gambling. They should be patient and let the supply side constraints ease as the pandemic eases. Their attention should be […]
Media
Chris Dillow: The Puzzle of Media Influence
Newspapers and television news are losing readers and viewer at an incredible rate. Why are this still so influential? Read Here
Climate Crisis
Balkan Green Energy News: World’s largest companies promise much more climate action than they deliver
Large companies emphasize intentions to reduce carbon emissions to net zero, but according to the results of the latest analysis of corporate climate responsibility, 25 of the biggest ones in the world are on a […]
Climate Crisis
Oil Change International: Climate hypocrite: Norway has opened up billions of barrels of new oil and gas resources
Norway claims to be one of the climate leaders and it was among the first countries to ratify the Paris Agreement. The Scandinavian country is pursuing an “aggressive policy of expanding its oil and gas […]
Economics
Hubert Horan – Uber’s “Academic Research” Program: How to Use Famous Economists to Spread Corporate Narratives
This is the third and final in a series of three articles from the end of 2019 that we have dug out of the archives in support of the Barcelona taxi drivers’ current conflict with […]