Economics
Thomas Fazi: Integration by coup(s): a counter-history of the EU
The text of the talk I gave yesterday at the full-house launch of my latest MCC Brussels report: “The silent coup: the European Commission’s power grab” Read HERE
Inequality
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Neoliberalism was the underlying cause of the Grenfell disaster
The only supporters of neo-liberalism are those porfitting from it. Others, as in this case and many others, die due to it. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Germany: the end of EU hegemony?
The German government’s slavish following of the interests of US imperialism in the name of ‘Western democracy’ over Ukraine and Israel is destroying the hegemony of German capital and the living standards of its poorest […]
EU politics
Sam Pizzigati – When the Wealthy Perish at Sea We Mourn, But When the Poorest Perish We Yawn
3,000 deaths of migrants made barely a ripple in most of the world’s major news media. But this summer one single tragedy on the Mediterranean has been making globs of global headlines Sam Pizzigati writes […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism is a Myth
The idea that only capitalism creates wealth or that it does so more than other systems is a myth Richard Wolff is the author of Capitalism Hits the Fan and Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens. He is founder of Democracy […]
Economics
Chris Dillow – The end of modernity
This piece concerning the UK is applicable to the whole of Europe and is a must read Chris Dillow is an economics writer at Investors Chronicle. He blogs at Stumbling and Mumbling, and is the […]
Economics
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era by Gary Gerstle
Book Review by Branko Milanović The very well-written and easy to read book by Gary Gerstle (The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order) makes two key points. First, and continuing from Gerstle’s previous book […]
Inequality
Maxim Pinkovskiy, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Kasey Chatterji-Len, William Nober – Inequality within countries is falling
The authors find that not only has overall global inequality fallen, but within-country inequality has stopped rising and has been falling for the better part of a decade, if not more. Maxim Pinkovskiy is an […]
Finance
Branko Milanović: Why inequality matters
A succinct explanation of why everyone should care about inequalty. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World”. […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Capitalism, Mass Anger, and the 2024 Elections
Whether or not they can politically exploit voters’ anger, no mainstream leader in the collective West, including Trump, seems actually to “understand” it Richard Wolff is the author of Capitalism Hits the Fan and Capitalism’s Crisis […]