Who says that trickle down does not work?. For almost two years progressive economist have been hammering away that although governments have debts, they also have assets. Translated, you may have a mortgage of 100,000 euros (Heavens above, you are in debt!), but a house worth 500,000 euros (actually not so bad). While in many instances, public debt cannot be compared to private debt, in this one instance you can. If the British government purchases the railways, it may have debt, but it also has the railways. It took a while, but Aditya Chakrabortty has always been the intellectual avant garde among journalists. Other journalists will follow – and this fact will eventually reach voters. Hopefully before the general elections.
Environment
Richard Fuchs, Calum Brown, Mark Rounsevell: Europe’s Green Deal offshores environmental damage to other nations
Importing millions of tonnes of crops and meat each year undercuts farming standards in the European Union and destroys tropical forests. Read here
Economics
The Guardian: From Seattle to Luxembourg: how tax schemes shaped Amazon
The Guardian is doing a series concerning Amazon. This is just one article. Read here
EU politics
Chris Dillow: What do earnings tell us?
What do universities and earnings have to do with one another? Read here
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