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“Not growing but thriving”: The Beginning of a Paradigm Shift – interview w/ Kate Raworth

May 10, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Economist Kate Raworth, author of ‘Doughnut Economics’, talks prosperity beyond growth. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal How would you define prosperity? Kate Raworth: When Tim Jackson wrote Prosperity Without Growth, he pointed out that prosperity means prospero or […]

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Steve Keen: How Central Banks are destroying the payments system that they are supposed to protect

May 10, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Recording of economist Steve Keen’s BRAVE NEW EUROPE talk on 2 May 2023, in cooperation with Helle Panke and Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung.

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Climate Crisis

Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: The fast road to net-zero

May 10, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Reaching net zero – is it doable, or is it just a pipe dream? In podcasts recently Steve Keen has expressed thoughts that we are already too late to avoid catastrophic climate change. But this […]

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Gig Economy Project: Open letter – EU labour ministers: Will you work for us or for Uber?

May 9, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Trade unions and platform worker collectives across Europe have signed the following open letter addressed to ministers of labour of the EU member-states, calling for them to support a Platform Work Directive on the Council […]

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Nicholas Vinocur: All hail Queen Ursula!

May 8, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The fact that it will be a coronation for Ursula von der Leyen to secure a second term as European Commission President says a lot about the state of EU democracy. In Politico. Read the […]

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Ramzy Baroud – Who Said BDS Has ‘Already Failed’?: European Cities Boycott Apartheid Israel

May 8, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Government boycotts of Israel in Barcelona, Liège and Oslo is proving that the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement still has legs Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He […]

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EU politics

Fidaa Al Zaanin: Germany Believes in Free Speech, but Not for Palestinians

May 8, 2023 Ben Wray 0

This month, Palestinians mark the Nakba, the wave of ethnic cleansing that began their decades of displacement. But in Germany, trumped-up antisemitism allegations are being used to suppress the commemorations — showing that speech isn’t […]

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EU politics

Jordi Schröder Bosch: Beware of the lags

May 8, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The European Central Bank has raised interest rates again, despite the alarming signs that a financial crisis is looming. Jordi Schröder Bosch is a researcher at Positive Money Europe. Cross-posted from Positive Money Europe Prices […]

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Pedro Mendonça, Ian Clark, Nadia Kougiannou – ‘I’m always delivering food while hungry’: how undocumented migrants find work as substitute couriers in the UK

May 7, 2023 Ben Wray 0

A deep insight into the harsh reality of being an undocumented migrant worker in the gig economy Pedro Mendonça is an Associate Professor of Work and Employment at Heriot-Watt University. Ian Clark is Professor in […]

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EU politics

Wolfgang Streeck: A bipolar order?

May 3, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Another must read from Wolfgang Streeck on the perils of American hegemony in Europe, in New Left Review’s Sidecar. Read the article HERE.

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

December 28, 2025 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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