Austerity
George Packer – USA: We Are Living in a Failed State
This is a powerful piece, which might make some people view the EU in its true condition: a failed union. Read here
Inequality
Economics
Juan Laborda – Financial Fragility Before Covid 19
Either Modern Monetary Theory or another Great Depression. Juan Laborda teaches Financial Economics at the University of Carlos III and Money and Banking, Syracuse University (Madrid) Originally published in Spanish at vozpopuli Translated and edited […]
Economics
Andrew Baker, Richard Murphy – Rethinking Tax Systems for a Post-Covid Social Contract
We need a complete rethink of tax. It is not necessary for public expenditure, but it is definitely necessary to tackle inequality. Andrew Baker is Faculty Professorial Fellow in Political Economy at the University of […]
Economics
Robert Skidelsky – COVID-19 and The Noah’s Ark Problem
Given that we have no ethically accepted principle of choosing between who is to live and who to die, we should take exceptional pains to ensure that we do not face acute shortages of life-preserving […]
Economics
ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods
The latest ILO data on the labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the devastating effect on workers in the informal economy and on hundreds of millions of enterprises worldwide. Read here
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – EU loses over $27 Billion in Corporate Tax a Year to UK, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Netherlands
The EU has avoided dealing with tax avoidance in its service to international corporations increasing inequality. The Tax Justice Network is an independent international network whose core mission is to ‘change the weather’ on a […]
Economics
Frances Coppola – Doing “Whatever It Takes”
How to finance the current economic crisis. Frances Coppola is the author of the Coppola Comment finance and economics blog, which is a regular feature on the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog and has been cited in The […]
Economics
Simon Rushton, Owain David Williams – The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine: Looming Global Political Economy Challenges Surrounding our Last Best Hope
All hopes are pinned on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. But there are going to be huge political challenges to overcome if and when an effective vaccine does become available Simon Rushton is Senior […]
Economics
Tax Justice Network: Taxcast for April 2020
In the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: from the ashes of the coronavirus crisis how can we build a better economic and socially just system that works for all of us? The pandemic […]
Economics
Pavlina Tcherneva – Building Resilience – The Case For A Job Guarantee
Christian and Patricia talk to author and economist Pavlina Tcherneva about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and building a more rational and resilient economic system. Listen here