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Branko Milanović – Global poverty over the long-term: legitimate issues

February 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

  I became somewhat peripherally involved in the debate on long-term trends in global poverty that is raging these days in the WebSphere, prompted first by some very strong claims by Steven Pinker and Bill […]

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Economics

Jason Hickel – A letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global poverty

February 4, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Billionaires and politicians have a very convenient – and very wrong – perception of poverty, which they legititimate with incorrect studies. Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who works on political economy and global justice. He […]

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David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs, Direct Democracy & the End of Capitalism

February 4, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

James Butler is joined by David Graeber to talk through the meaning of direct democracy, the ennui at the heart of neoliberalism, and examine the relationship of political thinking to political practice. Listen here

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EU politics

Grace Blakeley: The dark side of the UK’s jobs boom

February 3, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

A financialised economy and weak trade unions mean record employment has done little to increase workers’ pay. Read here

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Ann Pettifor – They think it’s all over

January 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

On Labour´s attempt to forge a reputation for economic competency based on new economics: What does it mean? Has it worked? Can Labour escape the balancing the household books narrative? Is austerity economics really over?

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Bill Mitchell: The conflicting concepts of cosmopolitan within Europe – Part 1

January 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Is Europe really as cosmopolitian as claimed in state and corporate media, ot that simply a myth to ensure class domination? Read here

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Economics

Heikki Patomäki – Uncertain Future of the EU: The Role of Reflexive Anticipations

January 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

“The EU system of governance is thus premised on false beliefs that it then reproduces in a self-fulfilling manner. We should evaluate negatively institutions that are responsible for the re-production of false beliefs and their […]

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Jason Hickel – The scandal of foreign aid

January 27, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

If we look at the data, it becomes clear that poor countries are developing rich countries, not the other way around Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who works on political economy and global justice. He […]

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Branko Milanović – Governments of limited vice

January 26, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

An interesting idea, but what Branko Milanović does not address is what happens when a society crosses the invisible line into a different category of vice. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and […]

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Economics

Ashoka Mody – On the euro’s 20th birthday, Draghi’s tribute perpetuates long-refuted myths”

January 25, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The problem with the EU and Euro is that they are based on lies under the presumption that if repeated often enough, they will become reality. This worked well for a while, but as Abraham […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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