Economics
Ed Rooksby – On reform, revolution, and socialist strategy
Ed Rooksby joins Politics Theory Other to discuss socialist strategy, Syriza, Nicos Poulantzas’ theory of the state and the Corbyn moment in Britain. Listen here
Economics
Economics
Richard Murphy – Modern Monetary Theory: economics for an economy focussed on meeting the needs of most people
We have been trying to introduce Modern Monetary Theory to our readers. There is no one who explains it better and clearer than Richard Murphy. It is really not that difficult or esoteric. It is […]
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – Greece, Germany and the Eurozone
When one views the current political situation in Italy, this lecture has a special relevance. It analyses how Germany crushed Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal and offers a way out of the current EU crisis.You […]
Economics
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett: Inequality breeds stress and anxiety
Somehow there seems to be nothing about neo-liberalism that is of benefit to 99% of the world’s population. Yes, there are those fringe elements (politicians, employees of the financial sector and many others: crumbs falling […]
Economics
BRAVE NEW EUROPE – Tonight: Lecture with Heiner Flassbeck in Berlin
14 June at 7pm with Heiner Flassbeck (in German only) “Situation der Eurokrise” Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin (“neues deutschland-Haus“), Seminarraum 1 We are guests in the rooms of the German poltitical magazine OXI. Admission: 2 […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Switzerland: The battle for money has begun
Today Switzerland is holding a referendum concerning banking and the creation of money. BRAVE NEW EUROPE is posting two contrary articles in response to a piece in the Financial Times by MartinWolf on the topic […]
Economics
BRAVE NEW EUROPE – Lecture series in Berlin: “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau”
Mutti’s lies: Father Christmas, the Easter Rabbit, Austerity is good for society. “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” is the title of a series of lectures on heterodox economics planned for this year and next […]
Economics
David Shirreff – Positive Money severely tested in Switzerland: A welcome debate on reforms to the way credit is created faces a Swiss vote
Today Switzerland is holding a referendum concerning banking and the creation of money. BRAVE NEW EUROPE is posting two contrary articles in response to a piece in the Financial Times by MartinWolf on the topic […]
Austerity
Sharun Mukand and Dani Rodrik: The divided public heart
Is politics driven by pragmatic self-interest or by identities and ideals? The self-harming voter offers a clue. This is a long read, but it is the weekend and it is time well invested. Read here
Economics
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett – Inequality is bad for your mental health
The authors explain how inequality leads to a fracturing of communities, increases loneliness and leaves people with less time to care for friends, relatives and the disabled. A society where your status is judged by […]