Economics
Chris Dillow: HOW TO DEFEND CAPITALISM
“Capitalism hasn’t come into doubt because people woke up stupid one morning. It’s in question because it has stopped delivering the goods.” Read here
Articles by Mathew D. Rose
Media
Simon Wren-Lewis: The journalist as amateur scientist
Wren-Lewis has become an ardent critic of the media and its failings. Here he offers further criticism and a possible solution. The difficulty is that the mainstream media has always supported the ruling elite, even […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Franco, Spanish Nationalism, and Catalonia
To what degree is the legacy of Spain’s former fascist dictator Francisco Franco determining government policy with regard to Basque and Catalan autonomy movements? Chris Bambery is an author, political activist and commentator, and a supporter […]
Energy
ICCT: Greenwashing food-based biofuels in Europe
The term “Highly sustainable crop based biofuels” (HSCBBs) sounds environmentally friendly. It sounds like the kind of low-carbon biofuel that avoids the food vs. fuel debate. But unfortunately, the term now means perpetuating the biofuel business as […]
Uncategorized
Times of Malta.com: Citizenship list yet to be published
Malta contniues its policy of selling citizenship to the rich. To obtain a Maltese passport, which grants the holder full access to the European Union, applicants must pay €650,000 and invest €150,000 in government stocks […]
EU politics
Marco Buti – Is the High Tide of Populism Over? The European Experience
We are posting this video featuring Marco Buti, Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Union, because it epitomises the arguments of the EU-Elite: The EU is beholden to rules and institutions, not democracy. […]
EU politics
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalan independence is not just ‘nationalism’ – it’s a rebellion against nationalism
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte argue that Catalonia’s independence movement is driven by solidarity – and resistance to far-right Spanish nationalists Ignasi Bernat is an academic sociologist and social movement activist based in Barcelona David Whyte, is Professor of Socio-legal […]
Corruption
The Guardian: Lawyer says Foreign Office told her to ignore EU corruption evidence
A typical example of the daily corruption endemic in the EU. The EU’s attitude towards whistle-blowers appears to be similar to its attitude towards democracy: both just get in the way of the EU elite […]
EU politics
Simon Jenkins: Catalonia isn’t just Spain’s nightmare – it is Europe’s
“The EU has worked itself into a political straitjacket, such that few of its member nations would dare hold a referendum on continued membership. This cannot be healthy for the EU or for Europe. The […]
Finance
Barry Lynn and Matt Stoller: How to stop Google and Facebook from becoming even more powerful
“We at the Open Markets Institute recently called on the FTC to put a hold on all future mergers and acquisitions by Facebook – and potentially Google and Amazon…such a ban would help provide the […]