Economics
Prem Sikka: 8 measures the government must take to save the economy from coronavirus
The stuttering economic response of the UK government to the coronavirus crisis is disappointing. Read here
EU politics
Economics
Robin McAlpine: This is how Scotland’s Economy can Survive the Coronavirus
An economic plan NOW is every bit as important as an epidemic plan. “Already it is absolutely clear that economic orthodoxy is not even at the races in producing one – because economic orthodoxy is […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Corona-Crisis: The Eurogroup Fails Europe once again. Brace for a Hideous EU Recession
The neo-liberal band plays on as the Titanic sinks. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. Cross-posted from Yanis […]
Economics
The Local it: Italy announces plan to take over struggling Alitalia airline
Instead of pumping billions into private airlines, nations that need one should nationalise one flag carrier for 1 cent while letting the discount airlines go bankrupt, and start charging a fair price that also include […]
Corruption
The Tortoise Podcast – Daphne Caruana Galizia: My mother’s murder – Episode 3
Daphne Caruana Galizia was Malta’s pre-eminent investigative journalist. She exposed corruption at the highest levels of politics and business in the country until, in October 2017, she was murdered by a car bomb. Since her […]
Austerity
A Group of Portuguese Economists – Corona: The European Union and Democracy must Deliver
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme event that threatens the health and economic well-being of populations across the globe. This manifesto from a group of Portuguese economists calls for urgent action from the EU to […]
Economics
Alberto Bradanini – La grande occasione da non perdere per ridare fiato all’Italia
Alberto Bradanini è un ex-diplomatico. Tra i numerosi incarichi, è stato Ambasciatore d’Italia a Teheran (2008- 2012) e a Pechino ( 2013- 2015). E’ attualmente Presidente del Centro Studi sulla Cina Contemporanea English version Il […]
Austerity
Sergi Cutillas – Interregnum Climax: The Impact of Coronavirus on the EU and the Transformative Possibilities of its Response
The Coronavirus is exposing the failure of a neo-liberal EU. Sergi Cutillas analyses the current situation. Sergi Cutillas is an Economist Researcher at the Ekona Economic Innovation Center and Member of the EReNSEP In recent […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Germany’s Emergency-Stop: The Economy in the Time of Corona
Heiner Flassbeck looks at the effects of the coronavirus for Germany and the strategy being adopted by the German government. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of “flassbeck economics international” […]
Austerity
Jule Goikoetxea, Zuriñe Rodriguez – Coronavirus is not Guilty
The Coronavirus was not an accident. It is the result of excessive human pressure on the biosphere resulting from an economic system that destroys everything on this planet to perpetuate itself. Jule Goikoetxea is a […]