Economics
Chris Dillow: OUTSOURCING: A TRANSACTIONS COST APPROACH
Leave the dogma behind, and the numbers tell a different story about privatisation: It is not cheaper, better, or more efficient. Read here
EU politics
Deregulation
Michael Roberts: Carillion and the ‘dead end’ of privatisation
We did not want to post any articles concerning Carillion. It was a specifically British event. The collapse of Carillion, one of the UK’s largest leading construction and service companies, has resulted in important analyses […]
Economics
Eurostat: What is the extent of contingent liabilities and non-performing loans in the EU Member States?
How many more scandals are to come out of this sector, not only in Britain but in other countries exposed to PFI? Relative to its GDP, Portugal has the highest level of PFI exposure (at […]
Economics
Chaminda Jayanetti – Carillion: A story of Britain’s fake markets
The problem for Chaminda Jayanetti was that most of the areas in which PFI operates are “fake” markets with no true competition. “These markets are fake because they are entirely dependent on the taxpayer” Read […]
Deregulation
Allyson Pollock: Think Carillion is bad? Wait until you see what the government wants to do with the NHS
Allyson Pollock, writing in the New Statesman, feared that the lesson hasn’t been learned. The government has its eye on outsourcing yet more NHS business to two autonomous sorts of companies NHS Property Services and […]
Deregulation
James Moore: Death of an out-sourcer
James Moore in the Independent lamented that PFI is bleeding Britain’s National Health Service dry. Read here
EU politics
Gary Younge: This is not a Corbynite coup, it’s a mandate for his radical agenda
Bill Clinton got it wrong. It is not about the economy, stupid. It is about the people. And when the economy does not serve the people, and there is no leftist alternative, then we shall […]
EU politics
The Real News – Catalonia Independence Crisis Intensifies Spain’s Political Divide
Is this the EU? An update concerning the strange political situation in Catalonia.
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Is realism the new ‘ism’?
This article is sure to provoke debate. Richard Murphy is a catalyst who drives political and economic discussions forwards and this article is no exception. With neo-liberalism going from crisis to crisis in the UK, […]
EU politics
Chris Dillow: ON CAPITALIST HEGEMONY
Do neo-liberal structures have a stranglehold on democracy? In the case of Greece we found out that it does. How can this be broken, asks Chris Dillow. Read here