EU politics
El Nacional.Cat: Former Spanish air force officers proposed coups, purges and bombings in chat group
Hardly has one new scandal of how deep-rooted fascism is in the Spanish state, the next follows. Read here
EU politics
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck – Germany: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Letter from Europe: November 2020 Wolfgang Streeck is the Emeritus Director of Director the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany Cross-posted from El Salto (in Spanish) President Biden is not yet […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Proud Fascists of the Spanish Army’s Officers Corp
It is breathtaking to watch the unfolding saga of how deeply entrenched fascism is in the Spanish political establishment. Do not forget, Spain has been an EU member for 35 years. Chris Bambery is author […]
EU politics
David Jamieson – Across Europe, Islamophobia is becoming the Bigotry for all Seasons
The EU political class has made a mess of COVID, the economy is a disaster, chaos reigns. It is time for a racial scapegoat. David Jamieson is a journalist, writer and socialist activist based in […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: ECB operations are like the wild west and beyond democratic legitimacy
“For a monetary system that professes virtue because it is so rule-driven, the day-to-day reality is a sort of ad hoc adventure where there are no rules.” Read here
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – British Labour remains unelectable
Labour too has become a zombie party as have most of the other Social Democratic parties in Europe. Being a neo-liberal party and in favour of inequality is done much better by the Tories. Labour […]
National Politics
Branko Milanović – Marriage and Society in Ante-Bellum Japan
A great weekend read, getting away from COVID, Trump, and the markets and edging back towards a reality gone by. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, […]
EU politics
Paul Atkinson – The Policy Dynamics of COVID-19: What Science Can and Cannot Do
The UK government’s rhetoric about ‘following the science’ in responding to COVID-19, if taken at face value, shows a worrying misunderstanding of what science is and how it best supports policy, writes Paul Atkinson. Paul […]
Economics
Donato Di Carlo, Martin Höpner – Germany’s Silent Rebalancing has been Undone by Covid-19
Low German wages are often cited as a key contributing factor to imbalances in the Eurozone. Donato Di Carlo and Martin Höpner demonstrate that while nominal unit labour cost growth in Germany consistently undershot that […]
Climate Crisis
Kevin Anderson – Climate Emergency: The Solution is the Problem
Although this deals with the the Brown Deal of the UK, the EU Brown Deal is not much different. Why then? They pretty much serve the same corporations. Kevin Anderson is Professor of Energy and […]