Economics
Ashoka Mody: Why the euro failed
A 1700-word summary of Euro Tragedy. So if you do not manage to read this outstanding book, this is the next best thing. Read here
Financial Institutions
Corruption
Nick Shaxson – The finance curse: how the outsized power of the City of London makes Britain poorer
The financial sector is hailed as the crowning glory of the UK economy. But as it blooms, everything else withers. This is true wherever the financial sector becomes dominant in the economy, similar to what […]
EU politics
Reuters: U.S inquiry deepens Danske money-laundering crisis
Why are corrupt EU banks so afraid of US investigations, but appear not to be concerned about consequences from the EU? Read here
Corruption
Times Malta: ‘I will launch campaign for HSBC to quit Malta,’ MEP threatens
EU parliamentarian Sven Giegold accuses Malta of being soft on money-laundering. That is of course a euphemism: Better would be avid supporters of money-laundering Read here
EU politics
Ashoka Mody: The ECB’s bond-buying program was a flop, and that’s perilous for the eurozone
Why the European Central Bank has repeatedly failed in its efforts to manage the EU economy and is continuing to do so. Read Here
Economics
Ann Pettifor – “Financial capitalism 10 years after Lehman Brothers
This is a talk held by Ann Pettifor on 15 September with the subject “Financial capitalism 10 years after Lehman Brothers (Inciting uprisings against the imperious government of finance capital)”, in Berlin at the Monarch […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: More momentum on the banks
The UK LabourParty Conference is currently on in Liverpool. It brings together a great deal of progressive expertise and discussion, much of which we are trying to reature on BRAVE NEW EUROPE without going into […]
Economics
Larry Elliott: For Labour’s economic policy to be radical, it has to be credible
Lary Elliot is right. While the British labour Party spent its time and energy fighting an ineffably overblown debate concerning antisemitism in their ignited and fanned by the nro-liberal coporate press (expecially Elliot´s home newpaper […]
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – 2008 and the International New Deal we need for the post-2018 world
This was Yanis Varoufakis´s keynote address at the OECD on 14 September. Although a long read, it is a good analysis of the past, present, and what could be the future. Yanis Varoufakis is co-founder […]
Austerity
Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian – Neoliberalism’s New World Order
Begins at about 16:00. Join Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for a special discussion on neoliberalism, globalization, and the future of democracy Adam Tooze will be holding talks in Berlin on 28 […]