Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau – What Greens should focus on
Why co-opting industry into the Green agenda is a mistake. Read here
EU politics
Economics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Off the hook?
How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abuses Read here
Economics
Dean Baker – Biden, China, and the New Cold War
Some interesting thoughts on the rapidly developing confrontation between the USA and China. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from the CEPR Blog MC2 Nardel […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Bolt drivers strike in the UK demanding company respects Supreme Court ruling
Bolt drivers demand worker status, an end to unfair dismissals and an extra £2 per mile in 24 hour strike The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling […]
Economics
Positive Money Europe – Markets for distress: will the EU’s Non-Performing Loans strategy worsen the Covid19 social crisis?
After Covid19, huge numbers of households and companies are expected to have loan payment difficulties, aggravating the socially disastrous effects of the crisis and putting a serious strain on the recovery. The EU’s plans to […]
Austerity
Quinn Slobodian – Hayek’s Bastards: The Populist Right’s Neoliberal Roots
Much of the media has framed the populist right as a backlash against neoliberalism – but they share common roots in the project to defend social hierarchies against the threat of equality. Read here
EU politics
Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell – Sánchez i Catalunya: qui perdona qui?
You can read this article in English here Per dos motius, el 21 de juny de 2021 passarà al full de ruta del Procés independentista català com un dia notable, inimaginable fa tan sols uns […]
Economics
Alexandre Mas – Spain: A famous economist is caught in a kafkaesque tribunal with no accusations and no due process
Forget Orban or Poland. Spain is using Lawfare (The misuse of legal systems and principles against an enemy) with impunity. The Spanish government is pursuing eminent economist Andreu Mas-Colell with unspecified accusations of misappropriation of […]
Economics
Nicolas Duvoux – France is in the midst of a poverty crisis
What impact has the Covid-19 pandemic had on poverty? Nicolas Duvoux presents findings from a major report on the impact of the virus in France. He writes that there is clear evidence the pandemic has […]
EU politics
Jonas Elvander – Interview with Wolfgang Streeck: The EU’s war in Africa
Planned was an interview concerning European military intervention in the Sahel. It turned out to become a very interesting conversation about European defence policy in general, and the ongoing attempts by France to establish a […]