Austerity
Bill Mitchell – Political Economy Thought and Praxis Post Pandemic
This is the first in a series of talks by Bill Mitchell presented by the Helsinki Centre for Global Political Economy headed by Heikki Patomäki
Globalisation
Economics
Dean Baker – Trump Crazy and Intellectual Crazy
At the most basic level, anyone in a policy position is almost always, by definition, on the winning side of the inequality gap. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and […]
Climate Crisis
Albena Azmanova – Precarity, populism, and prospects for a green democratic transformation
The proper Left alternative to the class struggle is subverting capitalism by mobilizing an ever wider and more diverse anti-capitalist front. Albena Azmanova is an associate professor of politics at the University of Kent’s Brussels […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – Economics: The Radical Answers
And what the progressive economists at the American Economics Association (ASSA) are thinking Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ Blog To read the first part […]
Economics
Roger Steer – The Americanisation of European Healthcare
Just before COVID hit, the influential German neo-liberal lobby organisation Bertelsmann Foundation (yes, the international publishing corporation) launched a campaign to radically reduce the number of hospitals in Germany and “Americanise” them and maximise profits. […]
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – Steve Keen’s Predictions for 2021
Earlier this year Phil Dobbie asked Steve keen for his predictions for 2020. Without a whiff of COVID -19 IN THE AIR, Steve talked of a capitalist economy on government life support. On that he […]
Deregulation
The Full Brexit – The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Minimum Brexit
We have not posted any other analyses of the Agreement because they are relatively all the same and available throughout mainstream media. This is one of the only exceptions. The Full Brexit steering group comprises […]
Corruption
Jaume Portell Caño – Five Reasons Why 20,000 Senegalese arrived in the Canary Islands
What is the point of having so many eyes watching if they only observe the victim on the ground? Jaume Portell Caño is a freelance journalist specialised in economy and international relations, always in relation […]
Economics
Jaume Portell Caño – Cinco motivos para entender por qué han venido 20.000 senegaleses a Canarias
¿De qué sirven muchos ojos si solo observan a la víctima en el suelo? Jaume Portell es periodista especializado en economía y relaciones internacionales, muy vinculado al continente africano. Ha trabajado para varios medios de […]
Corruption
Juan Carlos Boué – The World Bank Sausage Factory
Capitalists have weaponised Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) tribunals to suppress national governments and democracy in the neo-liberal system Norbert Häring is a financial journalist at the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, blogger, and an award-winning author […]