Economics
SAMAK: The Nordic Model For Dummies
It is interesting that corporate media and the political elite of Europe south of Scandinavia never likes to talk about this. Read here
Economics
Economics
Yilmaz Akyüz: Crisis alla Turca
Long but interesting analysis of the current state of the Turkish economy. Read here
Economics
Costas Lapavitsas – Lexit Re-Loaded
Costas Lapavitsas explains why Leftists and the Labour Party should not support remaining in the neo-liberal EU. We at Brave New Europe don’t take a position on Brexit. While we recognise that many dark and […]
Economics
Evonomics – Anat Admati: It Takes a Village of Media, Business, Policy, and Academic Experts to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System
A mix of distorted incentives, ignorance, confusion, and lack of accountability maintain a dangerous financial system Read here
Economics
Steve Keen: Are Icebergs Fluffy?
Steve Keen discusses the nature of debt, why home prices will fall, and why the regulators and authorities are unable to disassemble the debt bomb.
Economics
Richard Murphy – Democratic socialism is the best thing that could ever happen for the market economy
Richard Murphy was asked recently to comment on a suggestion by a friend that socialism would always and inevitably destroy any society because it destroyed all incentives for any constructive human behaviour whereas capitalism did […]
Economics
Jonathan Silver – Airbnb and the short-term rental revolution – how English cities are suffering
Shutterstock. Jonathan Silver, University of Sheffield The short-term rental market has ballooned in recent years. According to the Residential Landlords Association, Airbnb listings in ten UK cities increased by almost 200% between 2015 and 2017. […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Crashed: more the how, than the why
Michael Roberts´on Adam Toote´s book Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World Read here
Economics
Foreign Policy: How Turkey Dumbed Itself Down
“Erdogan used to rely on Turkey’s best and brightest—until he replaced them with its worst and dimmest.” Read here
Economics
Norbert Häring – Brave New Money: PayPal, WeChat, Amazon Go – A Totalitarian World Currency in the Making Part 2
My new book in German with the translated title: “Brave New Money: PayPal, WeChat, Amazon Go – A Totalitarian World Currency in the Making” has just been published by Campus. I have translated the “Introduction […]