Economics
The Nation: The World Wolfgang Streeck Wants
A conversation with the German sociologist about the challenges that face Europe and his polarizing views on how to roll back the excesses of globalization. Read Article HERE
Finance
Economics
Economics
Chris Hedges, Rob Larson – Why You Should Hate the Rich Even More
18 June 2025 The ultra-wealthy hover above the realities of the world around them like extraterrestrial aliens. Their material reality physically separates them from the rest of society with gated communities and private jets but […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke – Is the Trump Project unravelling?
Confidence is everything. And that ‘capital’ is being eroded rapidly Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal The Musk versus […]
Finance
Ben Wray – “Gigification”: The Future of Work?
An exploration of the consequences of the gig economy for autonomy and freedom at work. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is co-author of ‘Scotland after […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – From the Rockies to Stockholm: ignoring the global crisis
Debt distress across the global south and the mounting evidence of climate breakdown are major crises which are not even on the radar of the G7 and the Bilderberg group as they meet this week. […]
Economics
Economics
Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer
Book Review by Branko Milanović This is an extraordinarily difficult book to review. Not because the main thesis is unclear or because it is written in a too complex way but because it combines, in […]
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – The Case Against Planetary Governance
Democracy is in crisis. Wolfgang Streeck thinks we’ve misidentified the cause and the solution alike. Wolfgang Streeck is Emeritus Director and Senior Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, […]
Economics
Richard Wolff, Michael Hudson, Nima Alkhorshid – The Long Goodbye to Empire
5 June 2025 NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, June 5, 2025, and our friends Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are back with us. Welcome. RICHARD WOLFF: Glad to be here. NIMA ALKHORSHID: Let’s […]