Austerity
George Monbiot – How to really take back control
A wide ranging lecture by George Monbiot that ticks almost all boxes.
Economics
Economics
Positive Money: UK consumer credit approaches 2008 peak
We have been here before. To keep the economy too much money has been leant to those who cannot repay their debts. It does not take much imagination to guess what follows. Read here
Economics
Claire Connelly: What the left can learn from Mont Pèlerin
The historian Philip Mirowski says the left lacks a compelling story about how markets work, and for too long has conceived of government and markets as separate entities. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: My response to a German critic of Modern Monetary Theory – Part 3
This is the last in a series of articles by Bill Mitchell concerning Modern Monetary Theory. Here are Part 1 and Part 2 Read here
Economics
Dani Rodrik: “Globalization Has Contributed to Tearing Societies Apart”
In an interview with ProMarket, Harvard economist Dani Rodrik explained where globalization went wrong, how trade agreements serve rent-seeking by politically well-connected firms, and why the only solution to the rise of political populism is […]
Austerity
Shlomo Ben-Ami: The Threat to Western Democracy Starts at Home
Ben-Ami picks up a number of threads an weaves them together skilfully. These are the usual distractions by political elites enforcing neo-liberalism as they notice that they are losing power. We are seeing the same […]
Economics
BRAVE NEW EUROPE bringing progressive economics to the most inaccessible regions of the German intellect.
BRAVE NEW EUROPE: With our website and our economic literacy capmpaign “Economics beyond the Swabian Hausfrau” in Berlin we are supporting the progressive cause in Europe by assisting the benighted German people to join modern […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: My response to a German critic of Modern Monetary Theory – Part 2
Here the second part of Bill Mitchell’s Blog Read here
Economics
Renegade Inc: Everything you think you know about the financial crisis is wrong
“Without deep pockets and a structured network to carry your ideas, the left and heterodox economists are up against one of the most well-funded ideologies in the world.” Read here
Economics
Marcello Minenna: Understanding the differences between German and Italian investment spending
Italian austerity has left the nation in economic doldrums. None of this has been helped by the austerity dogma that has dominated Europe for almost a decade. It is not only Italy, but also Spain […]