Economics
Chris Dillow: The Full Employment Challenge
Many technocrats think the UK is at or around full employment. What they don’t say is that this requires some radical thinking about economic policy. Read Here
Month: January 2023
Climate Crisis
Middle East Eye – Meet Sultan al-Jaber: The UAE oil chief set to lead Cop28
Emirati minister and head of ADNOC will oversee climate crisis negotiations in November despite wanting to ramp up oil production Read Here
Corruption
Euractiv: Wiretapping scandal: Greece heading towards autocracy, S&D says
The ‘Greek Watergate’ scandal is an example of how hollowed out democracy is in in Europe. Read the article HERE.
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – ‘Game over Uber’: Stockholm Uber and Bolt drivers in first-ever strike
Greta Thunberg joined the strike protest in central Stockholm demanding improvements to pay and union representation AROUND 500 Uber and Bolt drivers went on strike in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on Tuesday [10 January], a […]
Uncategorized
Tribune: ‘Ambulance Workers Are Absolutely on Their Knees’
Ambulance workers went on strike today in the UK. The government wants to strip them of the right to strike. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Michael Roberts – ASSA 2023 part two: the radical – monopoly and war
The second part of Michael Roberts’ report from the American Economics Association (AEA) in New Orleans, this time focusing on the radical economists. First part can be read here. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the […]
Energy
Gubad Ibadoghlu: Why EU plans to increase gas imports from Azerbaijan are unrealistic
The EU’s vision of replacing Russian gas with Azerbaijani gas is a pipe dream. Cross-posted from the LSE EUROPP blog In July last year, the EU signed an Energy Memorandum with Azerbaijan. While this was described as […]
Austerity
Danny Dorling – How austerity caused crisis in Britain’s national health service
The Health and Social Care Act of 2010 – privatisation by stealth – has been a slow-burn disaster for Britain’s National Health Service Danny Dorling is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – ASSA 2023: the mainstream – fiction and reality
At the annual conference of the American Economics Association (AEA) in New Orleans, mainstream economists kicked off with presentations under the title ‘Economic Shocks and Their Consequences’ Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of […]
Austerity
DiEM25: The ECB’s blackmailing of DiEM25 should concern us all
The ECB asked for 20,000 euros from DiEM25 in legal fees because it dared to demand information that should be available to anyone. This smacks of intimidation. Read Here