As European neo-liberal enforcers go into meltdown (political zombies like Renzi and Rajoy are gone, Merkel and May will follow) the European political class has a new strategy: ever bigger lies. In this blog Bill Mitchell looks at the Germans European unemployment insurance proposals that aren’t.
Aviation
Transport & Environment: Pay €2 to greenwash a flight to New York with UN aviation scheme
ICAO, the UN body tasked with cutting global aircraft emissions, uses a system of purchasing emissions offsets that has so far proven totally ineffective for reducing aviation’s climate impact. New analysis by T&E shows that […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Munchau: Is the EU losing its mooring?
The hypocrisy in the EU is astonishing, be it the greening of gas and nuclear, the carve outs for fossil fuels and agricultural products, or the sudden enthusiasm for (white, blond haired, Christian) refugees Read […]
Austerity
Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik: The divided public heart
Is politics driven by pragmatic self-interest or by identities and ideals? The self-harming voter offers a clue. This is a long read, but it is the weekend and it is time well invested. Read here
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