Richard Murphy telling it like it is. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns on issues of tax avoidance and tax evasion, as well as blogging […]
There are essentially two schools of thought on the roots of populism, one that focuses on culture and another that focuses on economics. This column, part of a VoxEU debate, examines the drivers from each […]
Taxing away billionaires to end inequality. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog The Triumph of Injustice: how the rich dodge taxes and how […]
Since 2016 and global inequality has edged downward slightly. Whereas the top 1% of wealth holders had 50% of the world’s personal wealth in 2016, up from 45% in 2006, that ratio has slipped back […]
Hayek was enamoured by Pinochet and the neo-liberal regimen he installed in Chile based upon the teachings of Hayek and his allies – and of course of the intervention of the USA. This is something […]
Countries whose economies are dominated by large financial centres suffer a “Finance Curse” that is rather similar in cause and effect to a “Resource Curse” that afflicts many countries whose economies are dominated by large […]
Book Review by Michael Roberts Back in 2014, French economist Thomas Piketty published a blockbuster book, Capital in the 21st century. Repeating the name of Marx’s Capital, the implication of the title was that it […]
The idea of the circular economy frequently brings to mind issues of recycling waste and materials and making moderate use of natural resources. But if a new system is to emerge which is sustainable and […]
A brilliant read, as Michael Roberts writes a critical, yet very respectful and straightforward review of Thomas Piketty’s new opus , “Capital in the 21st Century”. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of […]
Politicians the world over are ill-equipped to deal with the biggest threats facing society, hatred and extremism of all kinds including the climate. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of […]
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