EU politics
Reuters: Italy passes law targeting temporary work, firms moving abroad
It will be interesting how far the 5-Star Movement fulfils its promises and how Italian companies react, should that be the case. Read here
Globalisation
EU politics
The Guardian: Amazon halved UK corporation tax bill to £4.5m last year
Although UK revenues hit $11.3bn last year, a healthy 19% year-on-year rise. Read here
Austerity
John Weeks – Free markets and the decline of democracy
What is the source of the 21st century tendency to authoritarianism? The central purpose of neoliberal re-regulation is to remove economic policy from control by representative democracy. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of […]
Austerity
Noam Chomsky: The Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism
Noam Chomsky on a number of topics concerning the inexorable rise of authoritarianism worldwide. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell – Build it in Britain is just sensible logic
On Tuesday Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech announcing plans to change the way the British government spends if he is to be elected: the government would prioritise British producers. Here is Bill Mitchell´s take on […]
Economics
Grace Blakeley: A post-Brexit economy must aid the losers of financial globalisation
Rather than chastising pro-Leave citizens for “voting against their interests”, the UK’s political class should mend a broken system. Read here
Economics
Larry Elliot: Corbyn’s Build it in Britain plan isn’t radical – it’s what other countries do
‘Value for money’ for public contracts is a colossal failure. Labour’s leader is right: the state should support manufacturing Read here
Economics
Politics Theory Other – Grace Blakeley on financialisation and the UK economy
Grace Blakeley joins Politics Theory Others to discuss the neoliberal financialisation of the UK and world economies, the coming reckoning with the UK’s current account deficit, and how we can wrest control away from the […]
Economics
VoxEU – The missing profits of nations
Between 1985 and 2018, the global average statutory corporate tax rate fell by more than half. This column uses new macroeconomic data to argue that profit shifting is a key driver of this decline. Close […]
Economics
Carys Roberts – Jeff Bezos’s fortune has come at the expense of workers and society not receiving their fair share
The richest man in the world did not get there alone; his wealth is created by the exploitation of Amazon’s millions of workers, suppliers and consumers. By Carys Roberts, Senior Economist at IPPR and an […]