Austerity
Quinn Slobodian – Neo-liberalism
Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, on the history, theory, and practice of the doctrine Listen here
Economics
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Must be Brexit – UK GDP growth now outstrips major EU economies
“I suppose Brexit is to blame for the fact that Britain is now growing faster than the major European economies.” Read here
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – How big is the crisis we face?
Even confronted with a depressing topic like the coming recession Richard Murphy offers us hope and a solution. A fitting article for Sunday. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University […]
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Should we worry about temporarily raising government debt?
This is truly an historical article. Simon Wren-Lewis has written a blog without mentioning Brexit – and its a good one. Read here
Austerity
Robin McAlpine – Why the debate about Modern Monetary Theory in the Scottish independence movement is exactly what we need right now
While the Catalan independence movement is bogged down and limited to presenting itself as a victim, the Scottish independence movement is seeking the discussion that is necessary: What sort of society should an independent Scotland […]
Austerity
Serge Halimi: Forgotten France rises up
A brilliant article. Le Monde diplomatique at its best. The social reality Halimi describes could be the UK. Also the forces protecting neo-liberalism: Graduates, the middle class, those in big cities, the EU ‘Journalists must […]
Economics
Aufhebunga Bunga – Übermenschen of Capital Part 2 featuring Ishay Landa
On the links between economic liberalism and fascism. Ishay Landa talks to us about the “Apprentice’s Sorcerer”: how political liberalism enfranchises the masses, to the disgruntlement of economic liberals, who then have to turn to […]
Economics
Grace Blakely: The British high street crisis is due to debt, not Brexit
With British household debt reaching a new high, it did not really need an ecnonomist to explain this. But in this time of Brexit hysteria the obvious becomes arcane and the ridiculous becomes a story […]
Economics
Branko Milanović- What is the just pay? Capitalists, John Roemer, and the Cultural Revolution
This question becomes even more relevant in view of climate change and how to cut back on our use of natural resources: do we have to produce increasingly more? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised […]
Economics
John Rapley: Economics as a moral tale
The development sector set out to summon the magic of capitalism from the ashes of communism. How is it going? Read here