Austerity
Michael Roberts – Spain: the challenge for Sanchez
Michael Roberts analyses the Spanish economy and why it remains subdued. Read here
EU politics
EU politics
Prem Sikka: Want to end wealth inequality in Britain? Cap the bosses’ bonuses
Checking soaring executive pay is necessary for reducing income inequalities, but the government continually fails to address the issue. Read here
EU politics
Thomas Fazi and Giacomo Bracci: Sacrificing at the Altar of the Euro
Breaking up the eurozone would be no simple task. But maintaining the single currency dooms progressive politics across the continent. Read here
EU politics
Aufhebunga Bunga – The Economics of Exit featuring Thomas Fazi
This is a website well worth following. Listen here
EU politics
Luke Stobart: Why Podemos and els Comuns have so far failed the Catalan fight
It is too seldom that someone from the left writes a constructive analysis concerning practical problems the left is having. Read here Ada Colau Ballano has become a cause célebrè among many environmental activists internationally.
EU politics
Branko Milanovic – Europe’s curse of wealth
Branko Milanovic analyses the two curses of wealth for Europe: immigation and rising income and wealth inequalities. Branko Milanovic is an economixt specialised in development and inequality. Cross-posted with kind permission from Branko Milanovic’s blog […]
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BRAVE NEW EUROPE – Lecture series in Berlin: “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau”
“Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” is the title of a series of lectures on heterodox economics planned for this year and next in Berlin. We shall be featuring some of the most prominent European heterodox […]
EU politics
John Weeks – Babbling Brexit
It is extremely rare that anyone goes back and critically examines their original position concerning Brexit. John Weeks is one of the few who has the courage to do so, yet at the same time […]
EU politics
Costas Lapavitsas: Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour vs. the Single Market
If the next Labour government is to be truly transformative, it must lead Europe away from ordo- and neoliberalism. Read here
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Paul Mason: The Italian crisis shows why the European left must break with the neoliberal EU
Without a radical realignment, social democrats in Italy and elsewhere face political extinction as racists and populists exploit this moment. Read here