Economics
Frances Coppola: The Irish Central Bank’s Fiscal Problem
Tensions arising between central banks and governments in the Eurozon, in response to attempt by governor of Central Bank of Ireland to dictate fiscal policy Read here
EU-Institutions
EU politics
BBC: UK Hauliers in compensation claim for overpriced trucks
We have repeatedly referred to the cartels – An association of companies obtaining the total control over a market. These are nothing less than trans-European monopolies – endemic to the EU. The interesting aspect of […]
EU politics
Costas Lapavitsas – How the EU Throttles State Aid and Industrial Policy
Many on the British left are trying to minimise the impact of Brexit by campaigning to remain within the European Single Market. This is tragically misguided. The Single Market imposes massive constraints on economic policymaking, […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck – Europe under Merkel IV: Balance of Impotence
An insightful, although long, analysis concerning where EU politics, especially with regard to its German/French axis, is headed. Read here
Austerity
John Weeks – Free markets and the decline of democracy
What is the source of the 21st century tendency to authoritarianism? The central purpose of neoliberal re-regulation is to remove economic policy from control by representative democracy. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of […]
EU politics
Barry Lynn: Google and Facebook are strangling the free press to death. Democracy is the loser
As gatekeepers to the news, Google and Facebook pose dangers to even the most successful outlets. Legislators need to speed the process of bringing them to heel Read here
Austerity
Noam Chomsky: The Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism
Noam Chomsky on a number of topics concerning the inexorable rise of authoritarianism worldwide. Read here
Austerity
Counterfire: The Greek fires: a catastrophe fuelled by austerity
Odd, looking for an article concerning the effect of austerity upon Greece’s ability to deal with the fires (there were numerable tweets from Greece on the topic), nothing could be found in corporate media. Read […]
Economics
Saving Britain by Will Hutton and Andrew Adonis
Book review by David Shirreff This is a passionate, well-argued plea for a European Britain, written by two avowedly socialist Remainers. They will not accept the standard disqualifier: that the EU is a collection of […]
EU politics
Positive Money – How Greece lost billions from an obscure ECB programme
Through its peculiar “Securities Market Programme”, the European Central Bank generated billions of profits for creditor Member States such as France and Germany. Positive Money´s research shows that nearly €8 billion have been lost for […]