Economics
Wolfgang Münchau: Britain’s economic crisis is a warning to the world
This is a sign of a failed fiscal orthodoxy Read Here
Financial Institutions
Economics
Costas Lapavitsas, Doug Nicholls, James Meadway – A real plan to tackle inflation
The “cost of living crisis” in the UK can be simply summed up: prices, especially ofessentials, are too high, and wages, and other working-class incomes are too low.The basic steps to resolving the crisis are […]
EU politics
Sebastian Diessner – More questions than answers? The EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority
The EU, notorious den of money laundering, taking years to finally have a functioning authority and most concerned about where the offices will be. Sebastian Diessner is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University Cross-posted from […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Central bank priorities are not the priorities of working people
The costs of inflation are minimal when compared to the devastating costs of unemployment Read Here
Economics
Michael Hudson – A short history of inflation in modern times
Economist Michael Hudson joins Multipolarista host Ben Norton to discuss partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China’s challenge to the petrodollar. Michael Hudson is the author […]
Economics
Marc Beckmann – The ECB doubles down on misguided interest rate hike
The European Central Bank decided to raise interest rates, in an attempt to show its determination to fight inflation. However this decision is based on shaky justifications, which are likely to cause more harm than […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – Changing the role of central banks
Liz Truss, the UK’s latest Prime Minister, has vowed to review the mandate of the Bank of England (BoE). It’s unclear what outcome she wants, although Kwasi Kwarteng, who is likely to be the new […]
Climate Crisis
Heidi Chow: Pakistan’s floods show the climate crisis is also a debt crisis
Re-building Pakistan will be hamstrung by the country’s €12.5 billion in debt repayments due this year alone Read the article HERE
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Behind the ‘Economic Policy’ Façade, It’s Class War
Given the accumulation of problems confronting global capitalism today, bringing system change into the discussion is long and desperately overdue. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and […]
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: It all adds up to the conclusion that system change is required not progressive tinkering
Bill covers a number of current events in this analysis. Read Here