Economics
Branko Milanović – The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse
As the Global Economy Comes Apart, Societies May, Too Read here
Globalisation
Austerity
Marshall Auerback: Coronavirus Reveals the Cracks in Globalisation
We are continuing our series of analyses concerning the R Coronavirus and its social and economic effects. The virus has starkly exposed the dangers of offshoring all production; we have a whole series of shortages […]
Economics
Quinn Slobodian: «Aus neoliberaler Sicht geht es darum, dass die Demokratie nicht die ökonomische Ordnung beschädigen kann»
Der Historiker Quinn Slobodian hat «Globalisten» geschrieben, eine Geschichte des Neoliberalismus, die brandaktuell ist. Woher kommt der Begriff? Was sagt er aus? Und was haben SVP und AfD damit zu tun? Read here
Economics
Renegade Inc. – Covid-19: Making markets scream!
The coronavirus has shut down factories and air travel globally. It’s shown us how brittle the world’s supply chains really are. But is it also being used to camouflage a decade of central bankers’ monetary […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Disease, Debt and Depression
We have posted three excellent articles today concerning what central banks and governments are doing, or should be doing, in the turbulences resulting from the Coronavirus. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of […]
Economics
Center for Global Development: The World Bank’s Uncivil War on Corporate Tax
A broad array of international actors agrees that many developing countries desperately need to collect more tax revenue. Read here
Economics
American Shipper: CargoMetrics data reveals depth of China cargo collapse
Some good data and explanations here Read here
Economics
Ndongo Samba Sylla, Peter Doyle – Abolish Africa’s Sovereign Debtors’ Prisons Now
In a radical call for reform of the IMF’s pro-creditor and anti-growth approach to indebted countries in Africa, Ndongo Sylla and Peter Doyle argue that the continent has a choice to make. Creditors, using the […]
Corruption
Roar: Anita Gurumurthy, Nandini Chami – Data governance and the new frontiers of resistance
A long but fascinating weekend read. The 21st century corporation is using algorithmic-based intelligence to accumulate data on a massive scale. Social movements need to grasp this change quickly. Anita Gurumurthy is a founding member […]
Economics
Ilias Alami – Facing a Liquidity Tsunami? Profit, Risk, and Discipline in Emerging Markets
Can there be too much of a good thing? Or maybe the “good thing” was not good in the first place. Ilias Alami is a postdoctoral researcher at Maastricht University. Prior to joining Maastricht University, […]