Economics
Eurostat: Seasonally adjusted government deficit at 4.7% of GDP in the euro area and 4.5% of GDP in the EU
Governments trying to stave off recession by increasing their spending. Germany will not be pleased. Read HERE
Year: 2023
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – Immigration. Good or bad?
There is nothing more contentious than immigration, it seems. In the UK there’s a swathe of the population that don’t like foreigners very much, unless they are serving them fish and chips in Torremolinos. Others […]
Fake News
David Jamieson – Conspiracism is Rife, and Not Just in Scotland
Around the world conspiracy theories are resurgent, and the political centre is the most paranoid of all David Jamieson is the editor of Scottish website Conter Cross-posted from Conter The conspiracy theory has become the final […]
Energy
George Wuerthner – What’s Wrong with Biomass Burning? Everything!
The only thing “green” about biomass energy or fuel is the subsidies that government agencies bestow George Wuerthner has published 36 books including Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Carvarsa/Creative Commons Presently […]
Economics
Pia Malaney – Markets and Artificial Intelligence, Some Misgivings
What happens when we fuse, for the first time, artificially intelligent agents into either our market or political structures? Pia Malaney is Co-Founder and Director of The Center for Innovation, Growth and Society and Senior […]
Globalisation
German Foreign Policy: The Consequences of a War against China
Military experts, quoted by ABC, Australian public radio, agreed that the West could not win such a war, but Australia would have to suffer tremendous losses Read Here Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Which OECD country is the highest social spender?
That France is top is probably not a huge surprise , but that the United States is second might astonish Read Here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The inflation backtracking from the central bankers and others is gathering pace
Why have central bankers in continued to hike interest rates, especially when the most direct measure of the situation – the actual inflation rate – has been abating for months in most jurisdictions? Read HERE
Economics
Martin Guzman – Another Debt Crisis in the Global South
You can’t understand debt crises without confronting the power dynamics at play. Martin Guzman is a former Minister of the Economy of Argentina and co-president of Columbia University’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue Interview by Lynn […]
Economics
Chris Dillow – Devaluing excellence
As Hayek said: “The main task of those who believe in the basic principles of capitalism must frequently be to defend this system against the capitalists.” Chris Dillow is an economics writer at Investors Chronicle. […]