Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: MMT and Labour’s fiscal rule
Simon Wren-Lewis, one of the architects of the British Labour Party´s “Fiscal Rule”, replies to Bill Mitchell`s criticism (read here and here) Read here
National Politics
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The British Labour Fiscal Credibility rule – some further final comments
There is no doubt that “the markets” will viciously attack Britain. The question is, what to do? That the Labour Party would prefer not to be confronted with this problem and is trying to appease […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic – What is to be done? Fifteen authors in search of a solution.
It´s odd. Not that we set much store in rules, but no one has us breaking them as frequently as Branko Milanovic. We are placing his book review in our main section simply because it […]
Corruption
AP: Spain arrests 4, seizes 115 properties in Venezuelan probe
This is the result of the financialisation of homes. Dirty money, be it from developing nations or the rich in the advanced economies is seeking secure havens. And what is more secure than nations, like […]
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: The EU’s Game of Chicken
Brexit from a German leftist perspective. Read here
EU politics
The Irish Times: ‘Enough excuses!’ – France’s Le Maire grows impatient over digital tax
Irish Republic and Luxembourg strongly against levy on online services. Germany supporting them. Read here
EU politics
Peter Ramsay – How EU membership undermines the left
In a recent article, Peter J Verovsek criticised left-wing supporters of Brexit, claiming that they were backing a ‘statist, nationalist initiative’ that could only benefit the right. Peter Ramsay replies, arguing that it is left-wing Remainers who […]
EU politics
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte – Catalonia and Spanish nationalism
This weekend we are posting two articles concerning national independence, in Catalonia and Scotland, by authors we greatly value. There is little to criticise in their analyses. The problem is that both articles define their […]
EU politics
Robin McAlpine – Scotland: Below the surface, the tides of public opinion are moving towards independence
This weekend we are posting two articles concerning national independence, in Catalonia and Scotland, by authors we greatly value. There is little to criticise in their analyses. The problem is that both articles define their […]
Economics
Larry Elliot: ‘The establishment is trying to keep us in the EU’
The Guardian’s Larry Elliott on why we need a clean break from Brussels. Read here