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Peter Becker: Germany’s U-turn over the EU’s recovery funds was further evidence of its role as Europe’s ‘status quo power’

August 5, 2022 Ben 0

The EU recovery funds have been wrongly interpreted as a major policy shift – they were a minor tweak in order to maintain the current European order in a moment of acute crisis Peter Becker […]

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Economics

Jordi Schröder Bosch, Marc Beckmann: Counting on the ECB to act on fragmentation risks

August 1, 2022 Ben 0

The European Central Bank’s new Transmission Protection Instrument gives it even more power over Eurozone member-states Cross-posted from the Positive Money Europe blog What does fragmentation in the Eurozone mean?  Fragmentation is the divergent movement […]

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Cristina Monge – The Andalusian Elections: A Turning Point in Spanish Politics?

August 1, 2022 Ben 0

The Andalusian regional elections on 19 June showed Spain’s left coalition government is provoking political apathy amongst the poorest Spaniards You are here: Home›Authors›Cristina Monge Cristina Monge is a lecturer of sociology at the University […]

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Ben Burgis: We should have listened to Bernie Sanders about Ukraine

July 29, 2022 Ben 0

Bernie got it right again. Read the article here.

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Paolo Gerbaudo: A new Sorpasso?

July 29, 2022 Ben 0

Podemos in Spain is yet another cautionary tale for the left internationally. Read the article here.

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Finance

Eve Ottenberg: The West can’t stop pillaging other countries’ bank accounts

July 29, 2022 Ben 0

Seizing the funds of sovereign states is not a good strategy for maintaining global hegemony Cross-posted from CounterPunch With the explanation that it had to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the west stole […]

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National Politics

Jan P. Vogler: How Europe’s history of interstate rivalry is linked to global imperialism – and why it still matters today

July 29, 2022 Ben 0

Inter-state European competition was a key driving force of empire, the legacy of which is still very much present in contemporary global power relations Cross-posted from the LSE Europe blog On the surface, it may […]

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Corruption

Prabir Purkayastha: The WTO Opts for Greed and Profits Over Providing Vaccinations for All People Worldwide

July 29, 2022 Ben 0

Vaccine apartheid is not in the news anymore but it is still live and well. This article was produced by Globetrotter The UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima had appealed before the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva […]

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Corruption

Gig Economy Project – Why Uber failed and what’s next: Interview with Paris Marx

July 26, 2022 Ben 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks to Paris Marx, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and author of new book ‘Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation’, about […]

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Fabien Escalona: France’s left needs to speak to all parts of the working class

July 22, 2022 Ben 0

Why does the left struggle to win support outside big cities? Read the article here.

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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

June 11, 2026 0

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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