Climate Crisis
BBC – Extinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested
More than 1,500 climate protesters have been arrested by police in the Netherlands after blocking a major motorway in The Hague. Read HERE
Year: 2023
Climate Crisis
Noam Chomsky – Why This Is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History
The renowned public intellectual explains the threats of climate change, nuclear annihilation, rising inequality, and the decline of democracy Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and political activist. He is the laureate professor of linguistics […]
Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Exports to non-EU countries in April 2023: expected decrease of 5.7% on March 2023
More bad news for Germany’s mercantilist economy Exports to third countries (calendar and seasonally adjusted exports of goods), April 2023 56.5 billion euros -5.7% on the previous month -2.0% on the same month a year […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – The two Bs on inflation
There is consensus among mainstream economists that the only solution to inflation is to increase interest rates causing a recession and weakening the bargaining position of wage earners. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City […]
Economics
Kateryna Semchuk – Utility bill hike set to compound ordinary Ukrainians’ economic pain
Some good insights into the Ukrainian economy and the financial plight of non-elite Ukrainian citizens. Kateryna Semchuk is Ukraine correspondent at oDR, openDemocracy’s post-Soviet space project, and an editor at Ukrainian Political Critique Cross-posted from Open […]
Deregulation
Ben Wray: In San Sebastian, the unpropertied have nothing to lose but their rip-off tenancies
The Basque coastal hotspot San Sebastian is the most expensive city in Spain; a virtual feeding frenzy for rentier capitalism that is driving away its young people. The Basque Government, however, remains unmoved Ben Wray […]
EU politics
Euractiv: EU agri MEPs reject nature restoration law, losing ‘voice’ in the process
The newest from Europe’s political Disneyland Read HERE
Economics
Branko Milanović – A theory of the rise and fall of economic leadership
Review of Bas van Bavel’s “The Invisible Hand?” 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” This article […]
EU politics
C.J. Polychroniou – The Rise and Fall of Greece’s Radical-in-Name-Only Syriza Party
Lack of experience in governance, ideological confusion, severe structural constraints, crude political opportunism, and broken promises guaranteed that Syriza’s downfall was just a matter of time. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has […]
Climate Crisis
Timothée Parrique – A response to The Economist: Shut up and let me grow
It is irresponsibly foolish to bet our future on a highly improbable miracle. Timothée Parrique holds a PhD in economics from the Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement (University of Clermont Auvergne, France) and the […]