Climate Crisis
Eurostat: Germany burning 45% of Lignite in EU
Germany is mistakenly regarded as a leader in fighting CO2 in the EU. In reality it uses almost half the lignite employed in the EU for energy production. Read here
EU politics
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: British legislation must be able to override EU law – that is what independence means
Let us be honest, the EU perpetually breaks rules, laws, and treaties. Bill Mitchell lists many of these. Read here
EU politics
Jonathan Hearn – Remembering Hume
“We live in an age in which the relationship between science and morality, between objective empirical knowledge and our moral intuitions, is deeply problematic.” Jonathan Hearn is Professor of Political and Historical Sociology at the […]
EU politics
Danny Dorling – Coronavirus: why aren’t Death Rates Rising with Case Numbers?
It is a conundrum. For much of the past two months, many people have been convinced that mortality associated with COVID-19 would rise as the number of people testing positive with the disease increased. But […]
Corruption
Nick Shaxson – Murky Ghana Gold Deal Raises Questions about Jersey
Ghana, gold, secrecy, London, tax havens, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan — what could possibly go wrong? Nick Shaxson is an Investigative Journalist on the staff of Tax Justice Network. His new book, The Finance Curse, […]
Aviation
Chaitanya Kumar – Use Covid Recovery to get to Net Zero: the Citizens Assembly’s Verdict
Do democratic institutions like the British Citizens Assembly exist in the EU? Chaitanya Kumar is Head of Environment and Green Transition at the New Economics Foundation Cross-posted from the website of the New Economics Foundation […]
Climate Crisis
Ann Pettifor: Radically transforming the EU economy – and how to finance it
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed a simple truth: today’s model of globalised, financialised capitalism, teetering on a shaky foundation of vast debts and costly credit, cannot deliver human well-being. In order to reverse the course, […]
Deregulation
Marshall Auerback – Are British Conservatives providing a future template for post-Trump Republicans?
An interesting piece. Marshall Auerback is a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, a fellow of Economists for Peace and Security Cross-posted from American Compass Much as the Brexit referendum anticipated the […]
EU politics
Srdja Pavlovic – Electoral Glimpse of Hope in Montenegro
After ruling the country for almost three decades, Milo Djukanovic no longer offered hope of a better life and prosperity for the citizens. Srdja Pavlovic is an Adjunct Professor specializing in the political and cultural […]
Corruption
Gabor Scheiring – Why Businesses Embrace Populists and What to do About it: Lessons from Hungary
Gabor Scheiring, Bocconi University The coronavirus crisis has revealed the weaknesses of some populist leaders such as Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Donald Trump in the US, yet others are emerging stronger than ever. And […]