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Zoe Konstantopoulou: If you love Greece, help us get rid of Alexis Tsipras and his zombie party
This was a long time coming, but finally this discourse has transceded the Greek borders. Read here
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Sue Konzelmann – When is austerity an appropriate economic policy?
Austerity has an awful reputation, but can be a useful tool in an economy to deal with public debt at the right time and in the correct manner. sue Konzelmann explains. Sue Konzelmann is a […]
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David Whyte – Two neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years on
Profit-before-safety, warnings ignored, 239 people dead. Britain’s oil bonanza and London’s gentrification have much in common. David Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal studies at the University of Liverpool. His most recent book is The Violence […]
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John Weeks – EU degenerates: Immiserizing Growth
This article is the second by John Weeks in his series “EU degenerates”. It assesses whether the European Union has achieved its founders’ stated goals of national and regional prosperity, convergence of development level across […]
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Amnesty International: Eurozone governments need to recognise that Greece’s debt is a human rights issue
It is good to see that someone can see the plight of Greece and its people not just as a “political problem”. Read here
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Danny Dorling: This is what peak inequality looks like
This is an era of gross unfairness. But it will slowly come to an end Read here
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John Weeks – EU degenerates: Fiscal Rules undermine prosperity
This article is the first of several by John Weeks that will assess whether the European Union has achieved its founders’ stated goals of national and regional prosperity, convergence of development level across countries, and […]
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Bill Mitchell: We can do something about neoliberalism
Bill Mitchell covers three topics rather succinctly in this blog: Democratic deficit in the EU, Greece and its newest catastrophic deal with Germany/EU, and the surprise Democrat primary results in New York yesterday. Read here
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Josh Ryan -Collins: Public budgeting for public purpose
It’s the latest debunking of the Swabian hausfrau myth of that German Finance Minister Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. To see this lecture please click here Read here
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Larry Elliot: The right sees opportunity in a crisis. Why can’t the left?
The liberal Remainers have come up with no ideas, no analyses concerning changing the conditions that caused Brexit. They just want to have things as they were. They are militantly agitating for this. That is […]