EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck – Taking Back Contol: Brexit and the EU
The opinion of an outsider – but what an outsider – on Brexit and the EU. Listen here
Inequality
Austerity
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson – Ending austerity: make tax fairer and more transparent
There will be life after Brexit and it is good to see that there are progressive thinkers who are preparing for this. Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson are professors of epidemiology, co-founders of The Equality […]
EU politics
Pavlos Roufos – “Years of Stone: the Greek Crisis and the Eurozone”
Pavlos´s talk in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” organised by OXI, Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik , and BRAVE NEW EUROPE. Pavlos is the author of the book “A Happy Future is a Thing of […]
EU politics
David Jamieson – ‘Slave economy’? CommonSpace investigation finds employment figures ‘skew’ reality of modern work
Academics and union leaders warn that we are losing sight of the reality of the jobs market This article illustrates how using simple examples job statistics are manipulated and what is really going on out […]
Austerity
Renegade Inc: Myth Busting the European Dream featuring Mathew D. Rose
Politically you can ignore some of the people some of the time…but you can’t ignore all the people all of the time. For many years European citizens have intuitively opposed unaccountability, a lack of political […]
EU politics
Reuters: France to ban ‘yellow vest’ protests if violent groups take part: PM
Liberal Democracy marches on in its attempt to stop a popular resurgence against neo-liberalism. Read here
EU politics
Chris Dillow: On class difference
Some good ideas in this. Read here
Austerity
France 24: French Yellow Vest protesters hold 17th weekend of marches
Protesters from France’s yellow vest movement marched Saturday for a 17th straight weekend in Paris and other cities to maintain pressure on the government to reverse policies they see as favoring the rich. Read here
Austerity
Jean-Luc Mélenchon – Europe must abandon these foolish Brussels treaties
Emmanuel Macron’s vision of the continent’s future fails to address the most urgent problems facing Europeans today Read here
Deregulation
TUC: A ban on zero-hours contracts – a victory for Irish unions
Irish unions have won a significant victory for the lowest paid, and most insecure, workers. This is well and truly a success for the workers and unions in Ireland. One can only ask why this […]