Austerity
Bill Mitchell – Think our governments can no longer control capitalism? You’ve been duped
Bill Mitchell explores among other topics the neoliberal dominance of the political process and the resulting shifts in economic policies.
Financial Institutions
Economics
The Finance Curse – Professor Gerald Epstein
Dr. Gerald Epstein is Professor of Economics and founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Among his many excellent works he and Juan Antonio Montecino calculated the […]
Economics
Steve Keen – Does Modern Monetary Theory make sense?
Steve Keen takes a critical look at Monetary Monetary Theory.
Economics
Riccardo Mastini – Eurozone: from neoliberalism to democracy?
The reason for the morphing of the 2008 global financial crisis into a sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone is to be searched in the neoliberal structure of the euro area. And even if today […]
Economics
Positive Money: Will Switzerland be the first country in the world to introduce a Sovereign Money System?
In June 2018 Switzerland will hold a referendum on its national constitution. The proposal, known as the Vollgeld Initiative (VGI), would transform the Swiss money and banking system, putting an end to private banks’ ability […]
Austerity
Bill Hudson: Greek debt update
The eurozone must collapse in the end. If it does not, the entire eurozone will end up looking like Greece looks like today. Greece is the eurozone’s future, if it is kept in place. Read […]
EU politics
Aeron Davis: Is the British establishment finally finished?
The British elite in self-destruction mode. Aeron Davis looks at the developments in Britain’s establishment of the past 50 years and why it is inexorably dedicated to destroying itself – unfortunately with a lot of […]
Austerity
Real News.com – Once a Poster Child for Austerity, Latvia Becomes a Hotbed of Corruption
Austerity didn’t produce recovery in Latvia, it produced the semblance of recovery, says white-collar criminologist Bill Black. It also led to rampant criminal activity in the banking sector, such as money laundering, taking bribes, and […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Public Sector Borrowing
We have been posting a number of articles regarding Modern Monetary Theory. Here Richard Murphy, one of the world’s leading tax experts, explains how it works, and the advantages. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in […]
Economics
Thomas Fazi and William Mitchell – Tax havens must be closed, but not for the reasons you think
It is commonly believed that tackling tax evasion/avoidance is crucial to the viability of the welfare state and to the sustainability of public finances in Europe. A correct understanding of economics, however, tells a different […]