Economics
Chris Dillow: SAVING CAPITALISTS FROM THEMSELVES
Chris Dillow comments on Ann Pettifor’s recent article in the Guardian, in which she writes that Labour’s policies would be better for Britain’s capitalists than the current Tory programme. Although he agrees in principle, Dillow […]
Larry Elliot: Heretics welcome! Economics needs a new Reformation
Larry Elliot, who took part in the event, explains the importance of the 33 Theses for an Economics Reformation proposed by economics academics and students in London last week. Read here
Michael Roberts: The economics of Luther or Munzer?
A few day ago we posted this link after the New Weather Institute and the campaign group Rethinking Economics, with input from a wide range of economists, academics and concerned citizens, on the 500 year anniversary […]
The Guardian: Families with stable jobs at risk of homelessness in Britain, report finds
Nurses are among those ending up with nowhere to live after being evicted by private-sector landlords, says watchdog. This cannot be blamed on Brexit. Read here
Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – End of year roundup
Mark and Carries end of year roundup, including this years surprising Good Cop and Bad Cop nominees. Also Alabama’s Senate race, the repeal of net neutrality, Brexit, Argentina and more. Mark Blyth, political economist at […]
Rethinking Economics
Rethinking Economics is an international network of students, academics and professionals building a better economics in society and the classroom. They recently produced an economics textbook entitled Rethinking Economics: An Introduction to Pluralist Economics, an […]
Larry Elliot: Think our governments can no longer control capitalism? You’ve been duped
In reality there has been a class war, in which the right has spent decades using the state to undermine workers. We can fight back Read here
Romania-Insider.com – Eurostat: Half of Romania’s population suffers from material and social deprivation
The economic plan behind the EU was convergence. As this article demonstrates, this is not happening on the Eastern and Southern peripheries. No wonder the Romanians keep taking to the streets in protest – or […]
Emma Clancy – Eurozone’s architects opt for ‘internal devaluation’
This is the first of six articles in a series presenting portions of Emma Clancy’s report The Future of the Eurozone that BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be posting in the next weeks. In this first instalment […]