Economics
Larry Elliot: Even Amazon must heed the basic laws of economics and politics
Tech giant’s minimum wage rise more to do with looming labour shortage than philanthropy Read here
Inequality
Economics
Laurie Macfarlane – Why the distribution of wealth has more to do with power than productivity
The distribution of wealth has little to do with contribution or productivity, and everything to do with politics and power. Laurie macfarlane is Economics Editor at openDemocracy Cross-posted from Open Democracy Image: Glenn Halog, CC […]
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Germany: A renewed left as the imperative of political reason
Wolfgang Streeck is without doubt the foremost analyst of German politics and society. Germany´s post war political world is crumbling – and rather quickly. Streeck is one of the few who has recognised this, and […]
Economics
Roberto Iacono – The Rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia
We have been posting a number of articles concerning the rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia in an attmept to provide some insights. Roberto Iacono is an associate professor in economics and social policy […]
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – 2008 and the International New Deal we need for the post-2018 world
This was Yanis Varoufakis´s keynote address at the OECD on 14 September. Although a long read, it is a good analysis of the past, present, and what could be the future. Yanis Varoufakis is co-founder […]
Austerity
Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian – Neoliberalism’s New World Order
Begins at about 16:00. Join Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for a special discussion on neoliberalism, globalization, and the future of democracy Adam Tooze will be holding talks in Berlin on 28 […]
Corruption
Tax Justice Network – Podcast September 2018
In the September 2018 Tax Justice Network monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast: we talk to journalist Oliver Bullough about his new book, just out ‘Moneyland: why thieves and crooks now rule the world, and how […]
Economics
Johnna Montgomerie – Ending austerity: stop the UK’s dependence on private debt
Breaking free. blocberr / Shutterstock Johnna Montgomerie, King’s College London The UK economy is based on an overlapping set of dependencies on private debt – of financial institutions (as a major profit centre), of households […]
Economics
Dani Rodrik: Can Trade Agreements Be a Friend to Labor?
To date, labor clauses in trade agreements have remained a fig leaf, neither raising labor standards abroad nor protecting them at home. Real change would require a significantly different approach, including how trade agreements uphold […]
Economics
Bernie Sanders: A new authoritarian axis demands an international progressive front
As we are learning in Europe, the centrist parties do not fight the rise of the right, but tries to co-opt them by means of carrots and sticks. They may well find themselves co-opted, as […]