Economics
Grace Blakeley: Why the world needs a new financial order
Capital mobility has sucked money out of the global South and into financial vortexes such as Wall Street and the City of London. Read here
Globalisation
Economics
Adrian Bua and David Lawrence – How trade deals are undermining standards that protect us
EU trade deals are conducted in an undemocratic process, mainly with corporate lawyers and lobbyists. Their goal is to strengthen trans-national corporations. It is always interesting to note how progressive NGOs deny that it was […]
Finance
Kevin Farnsworth – There’s not just Five Giants, there’s a whole bunch to slay
Using the example of Amazon, Kevin Farnsworth develops a strategy on how to fight back against giant corporations. Kevin Farnsworth is a Reader in Social Policy at the University of York. He also founded and […]
Climate Crisis
Branko Milanović – Formal and Actual Similarities Between Climate Change and Global Inequality, and Suboptimality of the Nation-State
The world is facing two interrelated crises: climate change and migration. In both inequality plays a seminal role. A political solution for both crises has not been forthcoming, but is that a failure of the […]
Austerity
Renegade Inc: Myth Busting the European Dream featuring Mathew D. Rose
Politically you can ignore some of the people some of the time…but you can’t ignore all the people all of the time. For many years European citizens have intuitively opposed unaccountability, a lack of political […]
Austerity
Lee Jones – The Folly of “Remain and Reform”: Why the EU is Impervious to Change
BRAVE NEW EUROPE is not taking a position on if the EU can be reformed, but one thing is clear: the EU project has been hijacked by corporate interests (neo-liberalism) and the only discussion can […]
Economics
John Christensen and Nicholas Shaxson – ‘The Magic Money Tree:’ From Modern Monetary Theory to Modern Tax Theory
Modern Monetary Theory is causing a lot of debate – as it should. This is proof of its relevance. Every theory needs to stand up to criticism and discussion. This lengthy piece by Tax Justice […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: German growth strategy falters – exposes deep flaws in the EU architecture
Germany has adopted the strategy that it can permanently game its Eurozone partners through its mercantilist approach. Read here
Economics
Renegade Inc – Nick Shaxson: The Finance Curse
Finance good, big finance better and biggest finance best. This subtle mantra has bounced around developed economies for decades and has almost entirely captured politicians, the media and the public. Countries have fallen over themselves […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Poverty of vision of “liberal interventionists”
This is not only a good read, but describes a mind set of liberalism that, as Milanović points out, leaves mostly death and destruction in its wake. One can add that just as the IMF […]