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David Broder: How Meloni is bringing Europe’s conservatives and far-right together – Interview w/ David Broder

May 15, 2023 Ben 0

Chris Bambery speaks to David Broder, author of new book ‘Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Fascism in contemporary Italy’, about the ‘mainstreaming’ of neo-fascism in Italy. Cross-posted from Conter 1)  In post-war Italy all the major parties gave […]

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Neve Gordon: Israel Wants Palestinians to Remember the Nakba – But Not Commemorate It

May 15, 2023 Ben 0

Israel denies the Nakba ever occurred, while continuing to practise the same state violence and dispossession three-quarters of a century later Neve Gordon is a professor of international law and human rights at Queen Mary […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Is Belgium’s platform work law “a dead letter”?

May 11, 2023 Ben 0

Belgium introduced a platform work law on 1 January that has so far not changed anything. Gig Economy Project co-ordinator Ben Wray visited Brussels to find out what the problem is, and what lessons there […]

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Finance

Jeffrey D. Sachs: How to end Global Financial Apartheid

May 10, 2023 Ben 0

The poorer countries are demanding an end to a world dominated by the rich—as well they should. Cross-posted from Common Dreams Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable […]

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Ann Pettifor: Inflation, Volcker and Déjà Vu

May 10, 2023 Ben 0

The insanity of doing the same thing over and over again. From Ann Pettifor’s substack. Read the article HERE.

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National Politics

Yunus Yener, T. Sabri Öncü: The Facts of Earthquakes in Turkey

May 10, 2023 Ben 0

As Turkey’s 14 May election approaches, the earthquake disasters have highlighted the failures of the AKP government. Yunus Yener (yunus.yener@mmo.org.tr) is the President of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of Turkey. T. Sabri Öncü (sabri.oncu@gmail.com) is […]

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Branko Marcetic: US Sanctions Are Brutal and Inhumane. And They Don’t Work.

May 10, 2023 Ben 0

Sanctions are a form of collective punishment. Their costs are overwhelmingly borne by innocent people rather than governments. And they are just another form of war, not an alternative to it. The US’s many sanctions […]

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Economics

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

May 10, 2023 Ben 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 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 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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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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