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Gig Economy Project – In Bosnia and Herzegovina, platform work is taking-off but remains unregulated

September 12, 2023 Ben 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks to Amela Kurta and Ilma Kurtović, two of the authors’ of the first study of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s platform economy, about the emergence of gig work in the post-Soviet, post-war […]

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Politico – France puts screws on EU chief to hit back against Chinese electric vehicles 

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

Divides among European elites over what to do about the fact that China is miles ahead of Europe when it comes to electric vehicles. Read the article HERE.

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Branko Marcetic: Salvador Allende was in Washington’s crosshairs

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

Fifty years on, more details on the US role in overthrowing Salvador Allende’s socialist government are being uncovered. Among the latest revelations: Richard Nixon knew that the 1973 coup was going to happen days before […]

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Evgeny Morozov – The Santiago Boys

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

The Santiago Boys is a nine-part podcast about a group of radical utopians around Salvador Allende, Chile’s socialist president. Undeterred by the Cold War and machinations of their enemies and aided by an eccentric British consultant, […]

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Vijay Prashad, Taroa Zúñiga Silva – ‘Chile Needs a Communist Party,’ an Interview With Lautaro Carmona

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

Chile’s Communist Party, which is part of Boric’s government, is under vociferous attack from the right-wing press because it is increasingly popular. Taroa Zúñiga Silva is a writing fellow and the Spanish media coordinator for Globetrotter. […]

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Macro ‘N Cheese – MMT and degrowth: with Bill Mitchell

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

When someone associates Modern Monetary Theory with left or right wing politics, they’re signaling they know nothing of MMT and are simply associating it with some of its proponents.  MMTers are political, MMT is not. […]

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Michael Roberts: IIPPE 2023 Part Two – China, profitability and financialisation

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

Is Marx’s theory of the falling rate of profit still a compelling explanation for economic crises? Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog In the […]

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Anatol Lieven: US Experience in Afghanistan offers lessons for Ukraine, if leaders will heed them

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

Another anniversary, the second since the US was chased out of Afghanistan, should make excitable warmongers stop and reflect. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He […]

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John P. Ruehl – How Countries Prepare for Population Growth and Decline

September 11, 2023 Ben 0

An overview of the world’s changing demographics and what governments are trying to do about them, a key issue but seldom discussed. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is […]

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Climate Crisis

Martha Myers: Amid rising climate catastrophes, why is the EU putting an oil man in charge?

September 6, 2023 Ben 0

European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has appointed former Shell employee Wopke Hoekstra as the new Climate Commissioner. Hoekstra’s “most noteworthy political achievement regarding climate is as a target of a parliamentary inquiry, where […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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