Austerity
Helena Smith: Has Greece finally escaped the grip of catastrophe?
This article rounds out the picture of the current situation in Greece described in our two articles of today (here and here) Read here
EU-Institutions
Austerity
Haris Malamidis and Kostis Roussos – Greece: Fighting Austerity, Building Alternatives
It is always ood to leave the economic anaylses of Greece and austerity (see today´s article by Sergio Cesaratto) and to see what the situation on the ground looks like. Haris Malamidis and Kostis Roussos […]
Austerity
Sergi Cutillas – Is it possible to call the political regime of the euro democracy?
The decline in the ECB’s purchases of Italian government bonds has generated unprecedented scrutiny in Europe of the nature of such interventions. Sergi Cutillas is an economist and worked in the financial sector before taking […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Accounting for influence: how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance
We pay our taxes, so why don’t corporations? This new report shows how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance, and concludes that it is time to kick this industry out […]
Corruption
Politico: EU legislators rake in millions in outside earnings
This is just the tip of the iceberg. What about the jobs following their time at the EU? What about jobs now for their family members? What about the perks: travel, gifts, entertainment? What about […]
Austerity
Chris Bambery – Brexit: “You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave!”
Chris Bambery takes a very big step back and analyses what Brexit is really about and what opportunites it offers. Chris Bambery is author and broadcaster. Co-author (with George Kerevan) of Catalonia Reborn: How Catalonia […]
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
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 […]