Economics
Ann Pettifor – The money system & the false hope of UBI
‘Why a system of worklessness would fail both society and planet’. In Ann Pettifor’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Financial Institutions
Economics
The Nation: The World Wolfgang Streeck Wants
A conversation with the German sociologist about the challenges that face Europe and his polarizing views on how to roll back the excesses of globalization. Read Article HERE
Economics
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – From the Rockies to Stockholm: ignoring the global crisis
Debt distress across the global south and the mounting evidence of climate breakdown are major crises which are not even on the radar of the G7 and the Bilderberg group as they meet this week. […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Bancor
The Keynesian idea of an international system to balance global trade surpluses and deficits between countries is a utopian fantasy. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke – ‘One quiet early morning in Beijing, the dollar’s crown slipped’
Should China succeed, the U.S. would lose its ‘magic weapon’ of monetary dominance. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal “I […]
Austerity
Ann Pettifor: Balshazzar’s Feast, the US dollar and the ‘Invisible Hand’
Too little regulation, of too little government, of deregulation and lawlessness, amount to “the writing on the wall” for the empire that is the United States of America Read Article HERE
Economics
William Thomson – More securitisation creates less financial security
Deregulating finance is in vogue in Brussels once again. William Thomson is a Political Economist and Founder of Scotonomics. (www.scotonomics.scot) Billed as simply a ‘technical reappraisal’, the European Commission has concluded its consultation on a […]
Economics
Michael Hudson, Richard D. Wolff, Danny Haiphong – When Tariffs Replace Strategy
26 April 2025 DANNY HAIPHONG: Welcome to another live stream. It’s your host, Danny Haiphong. Hit the like button as you come on the program and we’re about to get started. Before our guests come […]
Economics