Economics
Bill Mitchell: The Meseberg Declaration – don’t hold your breath waiting
The EU as we know it: Much ado about nothing. Read here
Economics
Economics
Ann Pettifor: Irish house prices sky-high due to finance not scarcity
This all sounds frightfully familiar. It is a problem that currently extends through much of Europe. Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts: Erdogan’s Turkey
A good summary of the acute economic problems currently facing Turkey. Read here Wikimedia Commons
Economics
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Book review by Branko Milanovic My first Summer book to read and review is Kate Raworth’s very successful “Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like the 21st-century economist”. It is an ambitious book whose objective […]
Economics
Lars P. Syll – To save Europe we have to abandon the euro
That the Euro was mistakenly constructed seems to be consensus, but no one seems to be willing to change this. We are already seeing the effects: the rise of far-right parties in the EU, not […]
Economics
Alpaslan Ozerdem – Turkey’s snap election yields surprises on all sides – what next?
By Alpaslan Ozerdem, Coventry University It was another surreal night in Turkish politics. That the elections were suddenly brought forward by more than a year was a surprise in itself – but the standout surprise […]
Austerity
Josh Ryan -Collins: Public budgeting for public purpose
It’s the latest debunking of the Swabian hausfrau myth of that German Finance Minister Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. To see this lecture please click here Read here
Economics
Paul Mason – What kind of capitalism is it possible for the left to build?
To win power, the left must build a narrative around ending privatisation, empowering the workforce and borrowing to invest. To stay in power, left governments must transition towards an economy based on high automation, shorter working […]
Economics
Mark Blyth – Death by Debt
Mark Blyth covers a number of topics around debt. Informative and entertaining as usual. Watch here
Economics
Branko Milanovic – Lecture at John Adams Institute
Economist Branko Milanovic presents a new approach for the age of globalization. Who are the winners and losers of globalization? One of the world’s leading economists of inequality, the former World Bank economist Branko Milanovic, […]