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Economics

Bob Hancké: Socialism for the bankers, capitalism for the rest of us – so it goes

July 22, 2022 Ben 0

The European Central Bank’s interest rate rise is wealth redistribution from us to the bankers – again Cross-posted from the LSE Europe blog About a decade ago, the billionaire Warren Buffett stated, with thinly veiled […]

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Globalisation

Marco D’Eramo: Sinking Germany

July 22, 2022 Ben 0

“A situation is thus emerging out of the Ukraine conflict which is not without historical precedent: the defeat of German strategy.” Read the article here.

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Dean Baker: The Fed Should Not Allow Itself to Get Bullied into Bringing on a Recession

July 22, 2022 Ben 0

The recession drums bang loudly on both sides of the Atlantic Cross-posted from the CEPR blog. There is a loud and growing chorus demanding that the Fed follow a path of aggressive rate hikes, which […]

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Corruption

Jonathan Cook – Forde Inquiry exposes Labour’s biggest problem: Keir Starmer

July 22, 2022 Ben 0

The Forde report highlights the “factionalism” which undermined Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party – but now that faction is in charge, and behaves more factionally than ever Cross-posted from Jonathan Cook’s newsletter A […]

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Gig Economy Project – As UK Uber drivers strike, union leader calls for Uber whistleblower to answer their questions

July 20, 2022 Ben 0

As Uber drivers in the ADCU union strike in wake of Uber Files revelations, the General Secretary calls for whistleblower Mark MacGann to answer their questions at a public hearing: “The drivers deserve a first-hand […]

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Economics

Interview with Gary Gerstle: The Neoliberal Order Is Crumbling – It’s Up to Us What Comes Next

July 15, 2022 Ben 0

In this interview on Jacobin, historian Gary Gerstle discusses his now book, ‘The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era’, with J. C. Pan. Read here.

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EU politics

Rosa Vasilaki – Fortress Greece

July 15, 2022 Ben 0

Rosa Vasiliki writes in New Left Review’s ‘Side Car’ on Greece and the EU’s appalling treatment of refugees. Read the article here.

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Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell: 10 reasons the EU Advocate General is wrong about the Spanish Justice System

July 15, 2022 Ben 0

‘If the EU sees Spain’s judicial practice as normal, what can be said of the EU’s judicial practice?’ Toni Strubell  is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What Catalans Want […]

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EU politics

Gig Economy Project – Italian taxi wildcat strike ends after Prime Minister offers his resignation

July 15, 2022 Ben 0

A spontaneous strike of taxi drivers across Italy following the Uber Files revelations has stopped after the Italian Prime Minister offered his resignation, one of the key demands of the drivers who are opposed to […]

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Corruption

Gig Economy Project – Piero Valmassoi: We should worry about what Uber is doing to influence the EU Platform Work Directive

July 12, 2022 Ben 0

Piero Valmassoi, an EU policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, takes a look into Uber and the other ridehail and food delivery platforms’ lobbying strategy over the EU platform work […]

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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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