Austerity
Aditya Chakrabortty: Ten years after Lehmans, it’s as if we’ve learned nothing from the crash
Claims that the finance sector brings jobs and revenue were exposed as a sham – and the rest of us inherited a legacy of debt Read here
Financial Institutions
Economics
Taliking Politics: Adam Tooze – On his book Crashed!
BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be hosting Adam Tooze when he presents his book in Berlin on 28 (in English) and 29 (in German), Septmeber at Kopenhagener Str. 9, 10437 Berlin Listen here
Economics
Mark Blyth: How capitalism works – or doesn´t work
What a piece!
Economics
Michael Roberts: Lehmans, animal spirits and the failure of the progressives
An interesting take on the Great Financial Crisis and its consequences and meaning. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Ten years on we need to be worried
15 September will be the tenth anniversary of the crash of Lehmann Brothers Bank in the US. Have we really learnt anything or changed the banking systen? Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International […]
Economics
Economist Mariana Mazzucato on the Downside of Shareholder Value
“We’ve confused rent with profits, value extraction with value creation.” Read here
Economics
Ashoka Mody – The IMF abetted the European Union’s subversion of Greek democracy
Who was accountable and who is accountable to the Greek people? European handling of the Greek crisis takes economic colonialism to a twenty-first-century high-water mark. Ashoka Mody is a visiting professor in international economic policy […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze: The bank that nearly broke Europe
The single currency’s design isn’t perfect. But what’s really hampered its first 20 years, says Adam Tooze, are decisions freely taken by power-hungry men in Frankfurt Read here
Corruption
Stéfanie Khoury and David Whyte – The UN Human Rights Council’s “Draft Zero” still won’t prioritise human rights above the rights of corporations
Next month, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) will consider the first draft (“Draft Zero”) of a new treaty on the human rights responsibilities of corporations. It it has already been criticised for key shortcomings […]
Economics
Larry Elliot: Ten years after the financial crash, the timid left should be full of regrets
Larry Elliot´s analysis is somewhat short-sighted. The mainstream media played a crucial role in keeping many critical voices and opinions out the discourse. We see this daily as the newspaper where Elliot writes, the Guardian. […]