Economics
Larry Elliot: ‘The establishment is trying to keep us in the EU’
The Guardian’s Larry Elliott on why we need a clean break from Brussels. Read here
Economics
Economics
Ashoka Mody: The IMF keeps making the same mistakes with its economic forecasts
IMF’s ‘Groundhog Day’ thinking means it is still too upbeat about global growth Read here
Economics
Andrea Lorenzo Capussela – The Political Economy of Italy’s Decline
You can read our review of Andrea´s book here Listen here
Economics
George H. Blackford: Economists Should Stop Defending Milton Friedman’s Pseudo-science
On the pseudo-scientific nature of Friedman’s “as if” methodology Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: A summary of my meeting with John McDonnell in London
This is one of the most fascinating articles we have posted for some time. It is a one-sided recollection of an event, so one has to be careful, but it is in keeping with much […]
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
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 […]