Considerations that governments need to take into account when dealing with the economic damage that will result from the coronavirus crisis.
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Greece’s bailout is finally at an end – but has been a failure
While European mainstream media has been euphoric concerning Greece´s exit from the beialout programme it was subjected to. The results are catastrophic: -500k people, mostly young, emigrated – Unemployment hit 27.8% (still >20%) – Youth […]
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: Decreasing the size of the state is very unpopular
Why? Why have we been told for decades that people are fed up with state intervention and state run companies? It is not only the bubble politicians live in. Wren-Lewis fails to mention the integral […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: EU Services Notification Directive will undermine democracy within cities
How the non-democratic EU Commission continues to usurp power to serve corporations. It is good that Bill Mitchell has picked up on this and provides a thorough analysis. This is truly important. Read here
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