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Robert H. Wade: How will the Russia-Ukraine war end?

January 30, 2023 Ben 0

Neither the US, Ukraine nor Russia is likely to get their desired end goal from the war, so the quicker serious peace negotiations begin the more lives can be saved. Robert H. Wade is Professor […]

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Austerity

Stathis Kouvelakis, Costas Lapavistas: Greece’s Left Needs to Unite Behind an Alternative to Syriza

January 25, 2023 Ben 0

It’s always good to see the Greek left thinking about how to cohere a radical alternative to Syriza. Posted in Jacobin. Read the article HERE.

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Alp Kayserilioglu: Goodbye Erdoğan?

January 25, 2023 Ben 0

A stimulating analysis of the economic and political turmoil Turkey is in, on New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Baher Kamal – US installs new nukes in Europe: As destructive as 83 Hiroshima bombs

January 25, 2023 Ben 0

Mainstream media has hardly even noticed that the United States has just installed more powerful nuclear weapons in Europe. Baher Kamal is an Egyptian-born, Spanish national, secular journalist, publisher and editor of Human Wrongs Watch with nearly five […]

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EU politics

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies: What Steps Can the US Take to Foster Peace Talks in Ukraine?

January 25, 2023 Ben 0

Some sensible proposals for what the United States could put on the table if it really wanted to support peace negotiations. But it doesn’t. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for […]

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Robin McAlpine: Scotland had one intellectual – and then he died

January 25, 2023 Ben 0

The decline of a serious intellectual culture in Scotland is a broader phenomenon. Robin McAlpine is founder of the Scottish think-and-do tank Common Weal Cross-posted from Robin McAlpine’s blog In some ways losing Tom Nairn […]

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Economics

Yanis Varoufakis: Is Europe deindustrialising?

January 23, 2023 Ben 0

Varoufakis writes in ‘Project Syndicate’ on European capitalism, which is rich in terrestrial capital but has fallen behind the US and China in “cloud capital”. Read the article HERE.

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EU politics

Branko Milanović: Can Serbia survive EU’s economic ultimatum?

January 23, 2023 Ben 0

The EU is seeking to bully Serbia in to accepting an ultimatum. History suggests Brussels will get its way sooner or later. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest  book […]

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EU politics

Politico: Majority of Western companies doing business as usual in Russia, study finds

January 23, 2023 Ben 0

Only about 8 percent of EU firms have divested from Russia, with the majority of Western firms still active in the country being German. Read the article HERE.

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Inequality

Sam Pizzigati: A down year for our deepest pockets?

January 23, 2023 Ben 0

The billionaire class lost wealth in 2022 but it didn’t put a dent in their luxury spending. More money for billionaires doesn’t buy them more things, it buys them more political power. Sam Pizzigati writes on […]

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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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