Economics
Prospect Magazine – Back to school: 13 top economists on the one idea economics still has to learn
There are some good bits and pieces in here. Read here
Economics
Austerity
Larry Elliot: People want homes, jobs, a future: no wonder they distrust capitalism now
“State control over the people replaced state control over the economy as the focus of policy”. This is what we mean when we refer to the EU government and the governments of the member states […]
Corruption
Dani Rodrik: What’s Been Stopping the Left?
Rodrik does not go far enough in his analysis. The problem is that the traditional Left, especially in Europe, has become completely corrupted. It has been occupied by opportunists who have one goal: getting rich. […]
Economics
Emma Williams – The gender pay gap: myth-busting!
The gender pay gap can only exist because men enforce it. It is the duty of government to intervene and end this unfair practice. We live in the 21st century and there is no excuse […]
Economics
The Minskys and Heske van Doornen – Economics: An Illustrated Timeline
We thought this could come in handy. Cross-posted from The Minskys Economics: An Illustrated Timeline Do you keep getting confused about the different schools of thought in economics? Do you always forget what Walras was about, […]
Economics
Global Policy: The World in a State of Disintegration? An Interview with Heikki Patomäki
What is always truly impressive about Heikki Patomäki is his universal perspective. He is capable of bringing innumerable developments, often contradictory, together into a cohesive discourse. This interview may be long and at moments complicated, […]
Economics
Steve Keen: The housing crisis – there’s nothing we can do… or is there?
The demand side of the housing market has one main factor: new mortgages created by the banks… this means house prices – and the resulting housing crises – are driven by mortgage lending. So how […]
Economics
Prem Sikka: The takeover of GKN shows that the UK can’t build a sustainable industrial policy without reducing shareholder power
Does the UK have an industrial policy? Such a question is likely to become more acute as the UK seeks to forge new priorities to compete in the post-Brexit world. An answer can be teased […]
Climate Crisis
Colin Hines – How a No Brexit Labour could help improve the EU’s social and environmental future
Our mistake! Recently we commented that Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party were the only ones with a Plan B for Brexit. We forgot Colin Hines. He has neither retreated to a vague moral high […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: Can Labour talk tax?
Richard Murphy has an innate ability to recognise and define problems. What he writes here is valid not only for the UK, but all European nations. If you do not control your national finances, all […]