Economics
Peter Bofinger and Thomas Haas: A Nobel Award for the Wrong Model
Diamond-Dybvig-Bernanke is a flawed model of banking that has no room for a lender of last resort Read Here Ben Bernanke Dollar by Gage Skidmore
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Economics
Alexander Melzer: EU Military Mission Is Coming Home
On the New European Union Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine: no other EU civilian or military mission has previously aimed to operate on the territory of the Member States. Read Here Photo credit: […]
Economics
Patrick Cockburn – Bad Leaders, Declining Nations: UK, Italy and Russia
The anti-declinist political syndrome is now at its most lethal in Russia, Britain and Italy – with predictably self-destructive results. Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch Countries […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: China: Xi’s third term – part two: property, debt and common prosperity
The reason that Western analysts are so sceptical of the Chinese model is that they are steeped in a different economic model for growth Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a […]
Economics
James Meadway – The UK Establishment is back at the controls. Remember what it did last time
Jeremy Hunt’s U-turns on Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget are no cause for celebration. James Meadway is the Director of the Progressive Economy Forum Cross-posted from openDemocracy UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt – Photo: Foreign & Commonwealth […]
Economics
Nick Ferris: What has happened to China’s global coal financing?
Following China’s pledge to end global coal financing there has been a collapse in overall energy financing but no surge in support for renewables. Read Here Photo credit: PughPugh
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: Fixed investment is the critical point for the German economy
The big danger, which no one wants to write down, is a deep slump in business investment – for machinery and equipment in particular, but also for other fixed items. Read Here Photo credit: Mirkone
Environment
Vicky Cann – Will the EU Commission capitulate to toxic chemicals industry?
Rumours abound that a key piece of legislation aimed at protecting citizens and the environment from toxic chemicals is about to be kicked into the long grass. Vicky Cann is a researcher and campaigner at […]
Climate Crisis
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar – Floods in Pakistan: Where is the “International Community” for the imperialised zones of the world system?
Even where emissions targets are agreed, the biggest polluters – Western imperialist powers – are simply not doing enough. Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is Professor of Political Economy at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-e-Azam […]
Media
Turkish Minute: Rights groups call Turkey’s new media law “dangerous, dystopian”
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and ARTICLE 19 have condemned amendments approved by the Turkish Parliament last week which introduce abusive new criminal speech offences that further deepen online censorship and restrict access to information. Read […]