Economics
Bill Mitchell: Elements in a strategy for the Left
Another long but excellent article by bill Mitchell concerning where the Left in Europe has to go and how it has to change its thinking. Read here
EU-Institutions
Economics
EuroTragedy – A Drama in Nine Acts by Ashoka Mody
Book review by David Shirreff There’s an old proverb: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Ashoka Mody, a former IMF economist, and visiting professor at Princeton, tells the tragic tale of how […]
EU politics
Biagio Bossone, Marco Cattaneo, Massimo Costa and Stefano Sylos Labini: A parallel currency for Italy is possible
This is a question, which the new Italian government will certainly address. Read here
Austerity
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 […]
EU politics
Antonio Lettieri – Migrants and the long night of Europe
Closing itself in a fortress, under the hegemony of the Franco-German axis, Europe is self-condemned to a progressive irrelevance in a world in which migration is a permanent feature of modern history. Antonio Lettieri is a […]
EU politics
Amazon Workers and Supporters: ‘Stop Treating Us Like Dogs!’ Worker Resistance at Amazon in Poland
This is a tale repeated throughout Europe. Add to it the fact that Amazon hardly pays taxes here and one understands on whose side the EU political elite is on. Read here
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – Three days that shook Europe
The referendum in Greece of three years ago was truly a momentous event, as the Greek people defied the EU, only to be sold down the river by a – yet again – so-called leftist […]
Corruption
Politico: No transparency please, we’re Members of the European Parliament
The EU political elite at its corrupt best. As we learnt from the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009, many, when not most politicians, have no scruples about using funds provided for the political […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Biosafety in Danger – How industry, researchers and negotiators collaborate to undermine the UN Biodiversity Convention
Documents released to Corporate Europe Observatory following a Freedom of Information request reveal how pro-biotech lobby platform Public Research Regulation Initiative (PRRI) unites industry, researchers and regulators in ‘like-minded’ groups to influence crucial international biosafety […]
Corruption
Academics Against Press Publishers’ Right: 169 European Academics Warn Against It
Once again corporate media has bought itself an EU law. This would be a serious blow for democracy and freedom of the press, only serving corporate financial interest. It is nothing abstract and would radically […]