Fake News
BBC: BFM journalist Rachid M’Barki suspended in scandal linked to Israeli disinformation firm
The daily business of mainstream media and how much of our news is created Read HERE Tal Hanan
Year: 2023
Economics
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson – Understanding money and the dollar system’s contradictions
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the relations between money and debt, their role in imperialism, and the rise of the US dollar system. Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study […]
Economics
Chris Dillow: Lee Anderson & the nature of politics
Initially about British politics, Chris goes on to analyse the political class and its mindsets, which applies for most of Europe Read HERE
Economics
Shaun Richards – Is the ECB driving “like crazy at night with our headlights turned off”?
Another look at the interest rate policy of the European Central Bank Read HERE
Inequality
Georgii Sandul – A full-scale attack on Ukraine’s labour rights
The war cannot be used to justify stripping workers of their rights. Decent labour conditions must be the cornerstone for national security in wartime Georgii Sandul is a lawyer and the director of the NGO […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: What’s the right wage?
The UK is gripped by strikes right now, but they are not the only ones. All over the world public and private sector workers are taking action as their salaries fail to keep up with […]
National Politics
German Foreign Policy: The Collapse of the Old Order
Munich Security Report: The war in Ukraine is part of the great power struggle against or for the Western-dominated global order. The Global South is beginning to shake off Western domination. Read HERE
National Politics
Responsible Statecraft – Poll: Public support for sending military assistance to Ukraine slips
According to Associated Press survey, those who favor providing weapons to Kyiv falls below 50 percent for first time. Read HERE
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: Overcoming the crisis of development policy with “development policy against crises”
The chancellor and his ministers want to win new friends in order to be prepared for the disputes that are on the Western agenda because of the “rivalry” with China and Russia. But those who […]
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Degrowth, food and agriculture
This is Part 6 of a series on Deep Adaptation, Degrowth and MMT that I am steadily writing. I have previously written in this series that there will need to be a major change in […]