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Economics

Andrew Purves – Land Value as a New Medium for QE

December 23, 2020 David Shirreff 0

A perverse effect of conventional quantitative easing (QE) has been soaring asset prices, particularly property. Some of that hype could be intermediated by the state – for the public good. Andrew Purves runs a furniture […]

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Economics

Richard Murphy – How Money is Created and Inflation Controlled

December 13, 2020 David Shirreff 1

A clear and comprehensive guide to how we should think about money, its creation and taxation, by one of the catalysts of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Richard Murphy is a Visiting Professor of Practice in […]

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Deregulation

Michael Roberts – The Friedman doctrine in the 21st century

December 13, 2020 David Shirreff 0

Milton Friedman’s doctrine, the favouring of free markets and small government, prevails today, and the resulting tendency towards corporate monopolies, despite well-meaning proposals for better “rules of the game”. Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]

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Corruption

Juan Carlos Boué – The World Bank Sausage Factory

December 13, 2020 David Shirreff 0

Capitalists have weaponised Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) tribunals to suppress national governments and democracy in the neo-liberal system Norbert Häring is a financial journalist at the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt,  blogger, and an award-winning author […]

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Dean Baker, Achal Prabhala, Ariun Jayadev – Want Vaccines Fast? Suspend Intellectual Property Rights

December 12, 2020 David Shirreff 0

India and South Africa have called for developers to reduce barriers to mass-producing generic Covid-19 vaccine by waiving intellectual property rights Dean Baker the senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research,  Achal […]

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Lobbying

Jonathan Cook – Antisemitism Claims Mask a Reign of Political and Cultural Terror Across Europe

December 12, 2020 David Shirreff 0

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has called time on the growing witch-hunt on sincere activity that is frequently stigmatised as antisemitic. Jonathan Cook applauds that move. Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, […]

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Economics

Branco Milanovic – On a New Biography of Karl Marx

December 11, 2020 David Shirreff 0

Your weekend read – an examination of Michael Heinrich’s ambitious and comprehensive portrait of an extraordinary young man Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest  book is “Capitalism, Alone: The […]

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Economics

Richard D. Wolff – Can Progressives Save Biden From Disastrous Economic Policies?

December 11, 2020 David Shirreff 1

It will take progressive spirits inside and outside his party to take Biden’s economic management away from centrism Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting […]

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Economics

Tony Milligan – Lunar gold rush could create conflict on the ground if we don’t act now

December 11, 2020 David Shirreff 0

Tony Milligan is Senior Researcher in Ethics with the Cosmological Visionaries project, King’s College London Cross-posted from The Conversation The only six sites on the farside of the Moon suitable for telescope arrays of around […]

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Finance

Dean Baker – Beating Up On Finance

December 10, 2020 David Shirreff 0

A financial transaction tax and a spotlight on private equity managers’ payouts could cut down the cost of finance to the rest of the economy Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for […]

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Heterodox Challenges in Economics by Sergio Cesaratto

February 24, 2021 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose I never thought that I would describe an economics book as “a delightful read”, but “Heterodox Challenges in Economics” by Sergio Cesaratto is exactly that. It is well written, […]

Corruption

Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World by Tom Burgis

January 27, 2021 0

Book Review by David Shirreff First, the good news. This is undoubtedly a useful book. It is a mine of information and anecdote, cleverly told, about the kleptocrats who apparently move untroubled around the world […]

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