Prolific economic thinker Richard Murphy, preparing for a series of lectures in Glasgow and Edinburgh, at a Commonspace Forum, outlines his latest vision for a Green New Deal, as a global imperative, and incidentally a spur to the Scottish economy. This is a long, well-argued essay…
Corruption
Alter-EU: Open letter to Vestager and Breton: Aggressive lobbying by digital platforms must have consequences
In an open letter, ALTER-EU Alliance warned the EU Commissioners Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton against the aggressive and opaque lobbying work by Google and other digital companies – and called for more commitment to lobby […]
EU politics
George Monbiot: Don’t let the rich get even richer on the assets we all share
From The Guardian There are four major economic sectors: the market, the state, the household and the commons. The neglect of the last two by both neoliberals and social democrats has created many of the […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis and James K. Galbraith: Why Europe Needs a New Deal, Not Breakup
“The EU is facing a crisis of legitimacy – but retreating to the nation-state will only benefit the far right.” The authors set out a plethora of programmes to save the EU. Read here
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