Economics
Steve Keen: Ricardo’s Vice and the Virtues of Industrial Diversity
Debunking a typical economist error of composition: specialization may be good for you, but not for us. Complex diversity wins. Read here
Economics
Austerity
Dead Pundits Society – Socialize Finance! with Grace Blakeley
Joining Dead Pundtis Society this week to discuss the dynamics of neoliberal finance (without boring the shit out of you) is Grace Blakeley. We open the show by talking about The World Transformed conference that […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: Keynes part 2 – internationalist or nationalist?
Was Keynes the great internationalist who aimed to make capitalism a stable system through macro management on a world scale? Read here
Economics
Aditya Chakrabortty: Britain fell for a neoliberal con trick – even the IMF says so
Who says that trickle down does not work?. For almost two years progressive economist have been hammering away that although governments have debts, they also have assets. Translated, you may have a mortgage of 100,000 […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Denmark in the hands of the capital markets?
Ten years after the global crisis, the financial markets are again being glorified as if nothing had happened. Countries are threatened by capital markets, which will make financing public debt more expensive if their governments […]
Deregulation
Jeremy Smith – The slowing economy of the Single Market and NAFTA era
This may not be the simplest of reads, but the analyses is fascinating regarding international trade agreements: “In assessing the impact of the Single Market and NAFTA on the 10 countries looked at, we can […]
Economics
The Finance Curse by Nicholas Shaxson
Book review by David Shirreff The problem outlined in this book has deep roots and it shows no signs of going away. The “finance curse” pervades many Western economies, from tiny tax havens to big […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: Corbynomics And Labour’s Fiscal Credibility Rule
This is excellent. In it Richard discusses with Patricia Pino and Christian Reilly what the UK government deficit actually is, Corbynomics, Labour’s Fiscal Credibility rule and the difference between fiscal policy and monetary policy. Listen […]
Economics
Kate Allen: No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
Acutally a book review, but it gets to the point very quickly. Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts: Keynes: revolutionary or reactionary? – part one: the economics
Was Keynes a revolutionary in economic thought and policy? Was he at least radical in his ideas? Or was he a reactionary opposed to the interests of working people and a conservative in economic theory? […]