EU politics
Aditya Chakrabortty: The problem is not capitalism. It’s that the Tories aren’t much cop at it
From The Guardian This is a brilliant criticism of Thatcherite policy – its collapse and how and why it has failed. Read here
Articles by Mathew D. Rose
Austerity
Richard Murphy – It’s time for the left to promote its own pro-business agenda
According to Richard Murphy it is time to move on and leave bankrupt neo-liberalism behind. This however means defining progressive goals and the logic behind them. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political […]
EU politics
Dan Bailey – The welfare state’s role in the transition to sustainable prosperity
Dan Bailey raises the question if sustainability will endanger the state welfare system even further? Dan Bailey is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) The welfare state has long embodied […]
EU politics
Robert Fisk: I’m all for war crimes trials in The Hague – so long as we agree to prosecute every possible war criminal
From The Independent Robert Fisk is in favour of international justice, especially in the case of war crimes. There is just one problem. There is no system in place to indict all war criminals, just […]
Corruption
David Whyte – Interview with Mireia Vehí, CUP and Member of the Catalan Parliament
The day after the incredible events of the Catalan referendum, and the day before a general strike that has been called to challenge the Spanish state’s violence, Mireia Vehí, Member of the Catalan Parliament, for […]
EU politics
Resolution Foundation: Why intergenerational fairness is rising up the agenda, in 10 charts
Laura Gardiner has put together a number of interesting numbers and graphs concerning the current financial situation of young people in Britain. This is a topic that is still being conveniently ignored by much of […]
Finance
Larry Elliot: Is the Bank of England losing its way?
From The Guardian Central bank infallibility was always something of a myth. Much of the decline in inflation in the 1990s and early 2000s was due to globalisation rather than the brilliance of central bankers. […]
EU politics
Naomi Klein: Speech to the British Labour Confernce
Naomi Klein’s Speech to the British Labour Confernce on September 26th.
Finance
David Graeber: We’re racing towards another private debt crisis – so why did no one see it coming?
From The New Statesman As in 2008 private debt threatens to provoke the next financial crisis in the United Kingdom. Once again the facts are being ignored by those financial instituions responsible. Read here
Finance
Charles Adams: Science and technology are the greatest agents of collective human progress.
From Progressive Pulse The market does not drive productivity, so necessary to improving living standards. Investment in research and development leads to productivity gains, but as we know, money is not being invested in the real […]