EU politics
Lorenzo Marsili: The far-right has a utopia. What’s ours?
Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon has vowed to help start a far-right revolution in Europe. Who will oppose him? Read here
National Politics
EU politics
Reuters: Italy passes law targeting temporary work, firms moving abroad
It will be interesting how far the 5-Star Movement fulfils its promises and how Italian companies react, should that be the case. Read here
Austerity
Chris Bambery – Britain’s inequality crisis
The debate around Brexit has distracted from the dramtically and tragically increasing crisis of equaltiy in the United Kingdom (very welcome for those repsonsible, the Tories). Chris Bambery puts the situtation into perspective. Chris Bambery […]
EU politics
Richard Murphy: Amazon’s tax is not transparent – but politicians let them get away with it
What would multinational corporations like Amazon do without the EU political elite permitting it to rip off tyxpayers? Read here
EU politics
Sergio Cesaratto and Stavros Mavroudeas – Revelli, SYRIZA and Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s…
While the EU, the IMF, and Syriza are trying to sale the tale of a Greek recovery, the facts reveal another story. Sergio Cesaratto is Professor of Growth and Development Economics and of Monetary and […]
EU politics
George Kassimeris – Leadership is about character, courage and empathy: Alexis Tsipras has failed on all fronts during the Greek fires
Following the OXI vote on 5 July 2015 Alexis Tsirpas ceased to be a leader and became a politician instead. Thus this was not a surprise. Read more on the topic here At least 91 […]
EU politics
Politics Theory Other: Richard Seymour on the Labour Party’s anti-semitism row
As the political and economic situation in the United Kingdom declines rapidly, corporate media has concentrated on purported anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. Politics Theory Other tries to determine how well founded this claim is. […]
Austerity
Richard Murphy: In the sixth largest economy in the world we’re letting local authorities fail and that is wholly unnecessary
Although Richard Murphy is writing about the United Kingdom, this is a pernicious process occuring throughout most of Europe. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]
Austerity
Thiemo Fetzer : Tory Austerity And Welfare Cuts Like Bedroom Tax Directly Caused Brexit, New Study Finds
Better late than never. Was Brexit then just a repudiation of UK austerity, or did voters understand the the political establishment in Britain were also part of broader EU policy? Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: Too many bean-counters: How an ‘accounting curse’ is hurting the UK economy
Another day and another accounting episode hits the headlines. No, it is not Carillion, BHS, Conviviality, Rolls Royce, Serco, SIG or Tesco. This week it is BT, which has admitted that its accounting for pensions contained […]