On 1 April in Berlin in our series of talks entitled “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” Branko Milanović discussed the evolution in global income inequality and its political implications; in particular, the rise of the middle class in Asia, income stagnation of the rich countries’ middle classes, with special emphasis on the current European situation, migration as part of globalization, and the emergence of global plutocracy (global top 1 percent).
Economics
Steve Keen, Russel Quirk, Phil Dobbie: Just how sustainable are house prices?
Property expert Russell Quirk maintains that housing will always be a good investment and prices will, in the long run, always go up. Perhaps this year inflation will rise faster, so in real terms prices […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey Sachs: Netanyahu’s Troubles
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Austerity
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: Boris’ Healthcare Reform is Grossly Unjust and Economically Damaging
Whilst the UK still lumbers under high COVID infection rates, and the economic recovery stalls, with GDP growth now at a trickle, the government wants to raise taxes. Even if you believed it was a […]
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