Rearrangements of the relationship between economic expertise and politics in the Democratic Party in the US, which Tooze puts in context by tracing Paul Krugman’s intellectual trajectory over recent decades.
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Economics
Paul Mason: Upward mobility has been shattered. And no one in power cares enough to fix it
Our economic system didn’t intend to suppress the social mobility of working-class kids, but it has. Now their prospects are so bleak that Labour’s promises to the postwar working class seem practically Bolshevik Read here […]
Corruption
EcoWatch: EU Approval of Glyphosate Based on Review That Plagiarized Monsanto Studies
This is something the German government does often at the EU. It is called Regulatory Capture. It shows how confident the German government is that its interests will be followed unquestioned by an obedient EU. […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Some lessons from history for the design of a coronavirus fiscal intervention
While the analysis is focused on Australia at present, the principles developed are portable across national boundaries. Read here
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