After eight years of being an absolute neo-liberal shit with blood on his hands, Draghi transforms into an open-minded statesman. Let him walk the streets of Athens for ten minutes without bodyguards.
Austerity
Jacobin: Emmanuel Macron Is Not Your Friend
“We can think of Macron as an updated, French version of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, with a dollop of the newer generation of triangulators.” An interesting analysis of Macron: past, present, and future. Read […]
EU politics
New Economics Foundation: Put Drivers in Control
Imagine an Uber run co-operatively by their drivers, collectively controlling their futures, agreeing their own pay and conditions, with profits shared or re-invested. Why this proposal is viable. Read here
Austerity
Ashoka Mody: Fall of the eurozone’s saviours: Why Emmanuel Macron is following Matteo Renzi’s path to political oblivion
They inherited poorly performing economies that bred widespread social and political discontent, argues Ashoka Mody, and both leaders unwisely followed the traditional European recipe of ‘labour reforms’ Read here
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