Economics
Economics
Economics
Eurostat: Euro area annual inflation up to 3.2%
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 3.2% in May 2026, up from 3.0% in April according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Read Article HERE
Economics
Alastair Crooke – Iran war effect marks the resetting of world geo-politics
Beijing can fund itself cheaply and almost indefinitely – and thus can outlast the U.S. grand strategy to contain China. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum […]
Austerity
Chris Hedges – Tyranny or Revolution
We face a choice. Tyranny or revolution. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and […]
Economics
Aurelien – Nothing In Common…Is all we have left.
How well will western societies be able to cope with the enormous social, economic and even security stresses that they can expect over the next five years or so? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Global profits: an upward turn?
Profits are rising because the labour share is falling. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog At the end of 2025, corporate profits in […]
Economics
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Romania, a new crisis, an old realisation: Eastern Europe is caught in the appreciation trap
Labour costs are rising too sharply in Eastern Europe Read Article HERE
Economics
Bill Mitchell: US economy on an unstable knife edge at present
The personal consumption pattern is being dominated by strong expenditure by high-income households, which have reaped large income boosts as a result of rising interest rates and the share market growth. Meanwhile, the investment boom […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor – Today’s Fascism: Parallels with the 1930s in the North and South
Booms, , Busts, Inflation, Austerity, Central Bank Independence, and parallels of the gold standard with the US dollar standard Read Article HERE “Workers Also Have Their Place in the New State” (Portuguese). With acknowledgements to […]