Economics
Shaun Richards: Ireland creates quite a problem for attempts to measure an economy via GDP
A look at Ireland’s phenomenal economy. Read HERE
Month: February 2023
Economics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – What Ukraine needs to learn from Afghanistan about proxy wars
Ukraine has become the newest link in the concatenation of the United State’s Never Ending War. Ask the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, or Libya if they would like the US to bring them democracy […]
Corruption
Dave Smith, Eveline Lubbers – Police Infiltration of Unions: We Need the Truth
For decades, undercover police in the UK have given workers’ names to the employers’ blacklist if they demanded decent pay or safe conditions. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Ben Cuzzupe, Peter Norwood: Crunch time for consumer credit in Europe
As the cost of living crisis bites, working class Europeans are increasingly getting into problematic debt. Ben Cuzzupe is an Editor and Communications Officer at Finance Watch. Peter Norwood is a Senior Research and Advocacy […]
National Politics
Leandros Fischer: Cyprus’ Polarised Elections Highlight a Crisis of Political Legitimacy
Analysis of Cyprus’ election result on Sunday in Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Michael von der Schulenburg: The war in Ukraine and our obligation to seek peace
The UN Charter requires that all states seek peace, and as such seems forgotten today by both Russia and the West Michael Von der Schulenburg is a former UN Assistant Secretary-General and is the author […]
Corruption
Jeffrey St Clair: Train in Vain
Joe Biden’s administration holds a great deal of culpability for the Ohio train disaster. Jeffrey St. Clair is editor of CounterPunch. His most recent book is An Orgy of Thieves: Neoliberalism and Its Discontents (with Alexander Cockburn). […]
Media
Burak Haylamaz: Shutting down the internet in Turkey to shut down criticism
Immediately after the earthquakes, authorities started to use legal instruments to silence the use of social media platforms even at the expense of utilizing its benefits during catastrophic times. Read Here Photo: Bernama/Wikimedia Commons
Economics
Steve Keen – When Billionaires Collide
Explaining once again why government deficits need not be seen as something negative, but play an essential role in a nation’s economy Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience & Security, […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – The comprador intelligentsia
Why research by the Centre in the Periphery has little validity Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the […]