Austerity
Thomas Fazi: Could Covid-19 vanquish neoliberalism?
This crisis is exposing the folly of applying market-based logic to every domain of human life Read here
Inequality
Economics
Richard Murphy – Let’s Get the Reasons for Taxing Wealth Right: then we Might Get What We Want
Richard’s criticism of an article that was recently posted on BRAVE NEW EUROPE by Camille Landais, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman entitled “A Progressive European Wealth Tax to Fund the European COVID Response” and proposes his […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Capitalism Has Failed in Fighting Coronavirus
We must not suffer such a dangerous and unnecessary social breakdown again. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in […]
Economics
John Smith – Why Coronavirus could Spark a Capitalist Supernova
There is no magic money tree – the ‘rescue packages’ aim to rescue a rotten system, and won’t work. John Smith is author of the prize-winning 2016 book Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, […]
Climate Crisis
Servaas Storm – The EU’s Green Deal: Bismarck’s ‘What Is Possible’ versus Thunberg’s ‘What Is Imperative’ in the Age of Covid-19
What ails the EU Green Deal is exactly what troubles the Union in general — an absence of social democracy at work Servaas Storm is a Dutch economist and author who works on macroeconomics, technological […]
Austerity
Steve Keen – Who is handling this Coronavirus the best?
Italy is getting swamped in corona virus cases, whilst China claims the only new infections now come from visitors from overseas. Donald Trump has gone from calling it a hoax to warning that 200 thousand […]
Austerity
Carolina Alves, Farwa Sial – COVID-19: How the UK’s Economic Model Contributes toward a Mismanagement of the Crisis
The current model of capitalism and its response to crisis is not only inadequate, it continues to fail in protecting the most vulnerable and assuring safety for households. Carolina Alves is Joan Robinson Research Fellow […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – The World after Corona
What are the possibilities facing us in the future? Branko Milanović looks at various scenarios. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the […]
Corruption
Nick Shaxson – Could the Wealth in Tax Havens Help us Pay for the Coronavirus Response?
In this Corona Crisis a radical redistribution of wealth is necessary, and what better place to find it than on the “Treasure Islands”. But there is more, much more to this. Nick Shaxson is an […]
Economics
Costas Lapavitsas: This Crisis Has Exposed the Absurdities of Neoliberalism. That Doesn’t Mean It’ll Destroy It
The coronavirus shock has shaken the world’s stock markets, imposing the need for massive state bailouts. But the measures to deal with the crisis risk spurring an authoritarian controlled capitalism — one that protects corporate […]