Deregulation
James Moore: Death of an out-sourcer
James Moore in the Independent lamented that PFI is bleeding Britain’s National Health Service dry. Read here
Economics
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Is realism the new ‘ism’?
This article is sure to provoke debate. Richard Murphy is a catalyst who drives political and economic discussions forwards and this article is no exception. With neo-liberalism going from crisis to crisis in the UK, […]
Economics
Aditya Chakrabortty: Britain is being stalked by a zombie elite – time to take them on
Democracy is the government of the people by the people for the people. As gpvernments fail miserably, it is time to take back power. Aditya Chakrabortty is beginning a series of how this is being […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: 2018, the year of Europe
There are some truly shocking numbers in Piketty’s blog: But in Warsaw or in Prague, events are interpreted quite differently. They point out that the rate of return on the private investment from the West […]
Economics
Lars P. Syll – Is economics — really — a science?
Is economics a science? Not according to Lars Syll, a leading economist. Lars P. Syll is an economist at the Faculty of Education and Society at Malmö, Sweden Cross-posted from Syll’s blog As yours truly […]
Economics
State of Nature – One Question: Economic Crash
Is there an economic crash coming soon? Wolfgang Streeck, Cédric Durand, Susan Newman, David M Kotz, Minqi Li, Mary Mellor, and many others provide a short answer. Read here
Economics
Lina Galvez – The Social Exploitation of Women: An insidious form of poverty that hits women hardest
To truly comprehend gender inequality it is necessary to expand the factors, such as time poverty, used to analyse the situation. Lina Gálvez is Professor of Economic History and Gender Studies at Pablo de Olavide […]
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – The Future of Capitalism
Podcast about the trajectory of capitalism and democracy, Center for Urban Research and Austerity, January 15, 2018 A talk with Wolfgang Streeck, Professor emeritus of sociology. From 1995 to 2014 he was Director at the Max Planck […]
Economics
Mark Blyth and Simon Tilford – How the Eurozone Might Split
The end of the Euro. The end of the EU. Germany outed as Europe’s hegemon. MARK BLYTH is Eastman Professor of Political Economy at Brown University SIMON TILFORD is an economist Cross-posted from Foreign Affairs […]
Economics
Lino Zeddies: Money creation and inequality – an underexposed topic
Wrong! It is not only governments that create money. Financial institutions such as banks do too. Who controls the economy and how? Here some answers to the questions. Lino Zeddies is an economist Cross-posted from […]