EU politics
Thomas Fazi – EU trade deal is a capitulation to America
The EU may have signed it’s own death warrant with this deal. In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.
Globalisation
Austerity
Michael Hudson, Richard D. Wolff, Nima Alkhorshid – Isolation Economics
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Let me start with a clip from an interview that the New York Times did with Mandy Patinkin, about the situation with Israel and Netanyahu and right-wing parties. DAVID MARCHESE (CLIP 1): Are […]
Economics
Jean-Luc Mélenchon & Tariq Ali: Insoumission
Interview Tariq Ali: Let’s start with Gaza. We are in what is hopefully the final stage of this Israeli war. Its toll in casualties is going to be in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps close […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Sustainable development and unsustainable debt
The global north is extracting wealth from the global south in the form of debt repayments. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Today, […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff, Michael Hudson, Nima Alkhorshid – Hostage to the Petrodollar: How Oil Wealth Fuels U.S. Empire
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi everybody. Today is Thursday, June 19th, 2025, and our friends Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are back with us. Welcome back. RICHARD WOLFF: Good. Glad to be here. NIMA ALKHORSHID: Let’s start, […]
Economics
The Nation: The World Wolfgang Streeck Wants
A conversation with the German sociologist about the challenges that face Europe and his polarizing views on how to roll back the excesses of globalization. Read Article HERE
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – From the Rockies to Stockholm: ignoring the global crisis
Debt distress across the global south and the mounting evidence of climate breakdown are major crises which are not even on the radar of the G7 and the Bilderberg group as they meet this week. […]
Economics
Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer
Book Review by Branko Milanović This is an extraordinarily difficult book to review. Not because the main thesis is unclear or because it is written in a too complex way but because it combines, in […]
Economics
Mebratu Kelecha – Between Washington and Beijing, Africa is a country
Amid Trump’s tariffs, Africa faces trade disruptions, corporate power, and emerging partnerships in its quest to control its economic destiny. Mebratu Kelecha is an independent researcher Cross-posted from Other News Photo: NASA/Public Domain The global […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Bancor
The Keynesian idea of an international system to balance global trade surpluses and deficits between countries is a utopian fantasy. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from […]