Economics
Larry Elliot: To trust each other again, we need to become more equal
The gap between rich and poor has been widening for decades, driving a climate of mistrust that harms us all Read here
Economics
Economics
Paul Tucker and Mark Blyth – Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State
Listen here Watch accompanying talk at the Watson Institute at Brown University: youtu.be/R-Dxrs7dj0w Central bankers have emerged from the financial crisis as the third great pillar of unelected power alongside the judiciary and the military. […]
Economics
Corporate Human Rights Violations by Stéfanie Khoury and David Whyte
Book review by Mathew D. Rose The term “human rights” has a positive connotation: inalienable rights for everyone, regardless of location, religion, ethnicity or any other qualities. There is one clear anomaly in this system: […]
Economics
Andreas Møller Mulvad and Rune Møller Stahl: The Real Denmark
An excellent, objective piece concerning the current state of Denmark and the Scandinavian nations. In the rest of Europe Scandinavia is not villified, it simply does not exist as it does not fit in the […]
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: MMT and Labour’s fiscal rule
Simon Wren-Lewis, one of the architects of the British Labour Party´s “Fiscal Rule”, replies to Bill Mitchell`s criticism (read here and here) Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The British Labour Fiscal Credibility rule – some further final comments
There is no doubt that “the markets” will viciously attack Britain. The question is, what to do? That the Labour Party would prefer not to be confronted with this problem and is trying to appease […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic – What is to be done? Fifteen authors in search of a solution.
It´s odd. Not that we set much store in rules, but no one has us breaking them as frequently as Branko Milanovic. We are placing his book review in our main section simply because it […]
Corruption
AP: Spain arrests 4, seizes 115 properties in Venezuelan probe
This is the result of the financialisation of homes. Dirty money, be it from developing nations or the rich in the advanced economies is seeking secure havens. And what is more secure than nations, like […]
Economics
Dani Rodrik – From Globalization to Hyper-Globalization and Back
“Where does the backlash against globalization come from? Where is it headed? And what would a better globalization look like?” Dani Rodrik [drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu] is an economist whose research covers globalization, economic growth and development, and […]
Economics
Charles Adams – Modern money theory (MMT) and me: A personal quest for the essence of money
As a non-economist coming from a scientific background, Charles Adams has the ability to put economic issues in a completely new, easliy comprehensible perpective. Charles Adams is professor of physics at Durham University in the […]