Economics
Eurostat – Volume of retail trade down by 2.8% in the euroarea and by 2.5% in the EU yoy
This is looking ever more like a recession. Read Here
Year: 2023
Climate Crisis
Matt Colborn – Wishful thinking and Other Existential Threats
A dispute over extreme climate scenarios Matt Colbaorn holds an MSc. with Distinction in cognitive science from the University of Birmingham and a D.Phil in biology from the University of Sussex Cross-posted from Matt’s Substack-Account […]
Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Real earnings down 4.1% in 2022 year on year
Real earnings down for the third consecutive year in 2022. German workers once again supporting German mercantlism by accepting wage cuts. Read Here
EU politics
Branko Marcetic: Diplomatic Cables Prove Top U.S. Officials Knew They Were Crossing Russia’s Red Lines on NATO Expansion
A long article but important background to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that too many want to erase from history Branko Marcetic is Jacobin staff writer and author of ‘Yesterday’s Man: The case against Joe Biden’. […]
Globalisation
Ben Wray: The Battle to Control Microchip Supplies Will Define the Twenty-First Century
Review of Chris Miller’s new book ‘Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology’ in Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Océane Blavot, Rodolfo Bejarano, Mae Buenaventura: Down With Public-Private Partnerships. Up With a Future That Is Public
On the ‘Santiago Declaration for Public Services, an agreement signed by more than 200 organisations after a conference in Santiago de Chile of over 1000 people on the future of public services. Océane Blavot is […]
Corruption
Shachi Mokashi: Why Is It So Difficult to Regulate Toxic Contamination?
The EU is backsliding on commitments to properly regulate toxic chemicals. Shachi Mokashi is a writer focusing on environmental politics. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal In 2020, the European Commission rolled out a Chemicals Strategy […]
Economics
Noam Chomsky and David Harvey discuss capitalism and war
Gregory Magarshak is joined by two giants of anti-capitalism. Listen HERE.
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: Return of the Cluster Truss
Keen and Phil Dobbie’s latest ‘Debunking Economics’ podcast: “Over the weekend Liz Truss was singing her own praises, with a front-page article in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph. She is known, of course, for being the […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Is ‘dynamic pricing’ ripping-off gig workers?
What is dynamic pricing? And why is it “dangerous” for gig workers? On the day of co-ordinated protests of Uber drivers in London and Amsterdam for fair pay, the Gig Economy Project takes a look. […]