If you read or re-read E.P. Thompson’s epic study I think it becomes obvious how relevant it is to today’s struggles.
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: How the lessons from austerity have not been learned
The UK and the Eurozone are both vulnerable to the next recession, but both politicians and central bankers think each other should deal with it. Read here
EU politics
The Guardian: Young people are borrowing to cover basic living costs, warns City watchdog
The economic situation of young people between 18 and 34 in Britain is deteriorating. Their indebtedness and over-indebtedness are increasing rapidly, but not because they are necessarily living beyond their means, but simply to meet essential […]
Climate Crisis
PIK – New study: World map of the most important protected areas to avert a climate catastrophe
New research out today from Conservation International maps the places on Earth that humanity must protect to avoid a climate catastrophe. These ecosystems contain what researchers call “irrecoverable carbon,” dense stores of carbon that, if […]
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