Economics
Eli Clifton – Ukraine War is great for the portfolio, as defence stocks enjoy a banner year
The top five US weapons firms outperformed major Wall Street indexes in the last year, mostly on the backs of American taxpayers Read HERE
Year: 2023
Fake News
Boaventura de Sousa Santos – The Deafening Silence of Intellectuals in the Face of Growing Global Conflicts
Silence is nothing short of complicity with the masters of war. Boaventura de Sousa Santos is the emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. His most recent book is Decolonizing the […]
Finance
Hubert Horan: Can Uber ever deliver?
Uber expert Hubert Horan separates fact from fiction in the company’s latest company accounts. Hubert Horan has 40 years of experience in the management and regulation of transportation companies (primarily airlines). Horan has no financial […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Robotics or fascination with anthropomorphism
The robots and us. 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” Cross-posted from Branko’s Substack Site Recent […]
Corruption
Gig Economy Project – Berlin: A new solidarity fund will combat “wage theft” in labour disputes
The PayDay e.V. fund in Berlin has been established to counter the threat of wage theft as a tool for union-busting The Gig Economy Project is a media network for gig workers hosted by BRAVE […]
Economics
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson – Trade Theory: No Room for Gunboats
More concerning the dollar. Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas […]
Corruption
The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington
Book Review by Michael Roberts Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington are authors of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilises our Governments and Warps our Economies. They launched their book with […]
National Politics
Jonathan Cook – Britain: Labour is paving the way for the triumph of dark politics
Labour leader Keir Starmer is determined to destroy the last vestiges of Corbynism through smears. Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special […]
Finance
Joana Ramiro: No One Should Have to Spend Most of Their Income on Rent
Renting a one-bedroom apartment in Lisbon costs a massive 63% of the average resident’s wage. Faced with one of Europe’s worst housing markets, Portugal’s government has proposed to subsidize rents — but critics say it’s […]
Corruption
Margrete Auken, Ana Miranda and Diana Riba: Why three MEPs withdrew from the European Parliament committee hearing
The European Parliament’s Petition’s Committee has been instrumentalised in the service of the right-wing People’s Party in Spain. Read the article HERE.