Finance
Jesse Felder: Don’t Overlook The Vampire Squid’s Role In The Recent Tesla Call Buying Frenzy
Goldman Sachs. Says it all. Read here
Financial Institutions
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: Ex German Finance minister deliberately misses the point about the ECB
Once again the Germans are trying to assert their authority over the ECB and bully it into constraining the only policy intervention that is saving the eurosystem from collapse, by way of insolvency of several […]
Economics
The MMT Podcast – Warren Mosler: What Do Central Banks Do?
Patricia and Christian talk to MMT founder Warren Mosler about quantitative easing, interest rates, inflation and all things MMT in the current context. Listen here
Corruption
Nick Shaxson – Murky Ghana Gold Deal Raises Questions about Jersey
Ghana, gold, secrecy, London, tax havens, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan — what could possibly go wrong? Nick Shaxson is an Investigative Journalist on the staff of Tax Justice Network. His new book, The Finance Curse, […]
Economics
Michael Hudson – How an “Act of God” Pandemic is Destroying the West
The U.S. is Saving the Financial Sector, not the Economy Michael Hudson is a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City, and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard […]
EU politics
Johannes Petry – London Stock Exchange vs EU: Refinitiv Battle Reveals Unease over Power of Modern Stock Markets
LSE is one of the six great powers in the world of stock exchanges. BCFC Johannes Petry, University of Warwick Relations between London and Brussels have been better. While Brexit dominates the headlines, another cross-channel […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell – US Federal Reserve statement signals a new phase in the paradigm shift in macroeconomics
For macroeconomics, we might think of progress as occurring one crisis at a time Read here
Climate Crisis
Frank van Lerven – QE being used to support Fossil Fuel Industry
There has been no change. European governments are using QE to support the environment destroying international corporations. What is occurring in the UK is also happening in the ECB and support programmes by European governments. […]
Austerity
GIMMS – What Sort of (Monetary) Future?
What sort of future do you want for yourself and your children? If it’s not more of the same, then it’s time for some radical thinking. GIMMS is the Gower Initiative for Modern Monetary Studies […]
Austerity
The MMT Podcast – Richard Murphy: The Treasury Is Choosing Death
Patricia and Christian talk to Professor Richard Murphy about monetary operations, tax justice, and the UK government’s standoff with the NHS regarding finances. Listen here