Economics
Thomas Piketty: Our manifesto to save Europe from itself
We need to reduce inequality within countries, not between them, and invest in the future of all Europeans Read here
Inequality
Austerity
The Bullet – Oshawa and Postal Workers: Big and Small Lies We Accept
We are not a liberal democracy but a liberal capitalist democracy and the most important part of that phrase is ‘capitalist’. It is the capitalists who set the limits of liberalism’s and democracy’s scope. Read […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – The top 1% own 48% of all global personal wealth; 10% own 85%
Michael Roberts looks at the newest numbers concerning worldwide inequality. Michael Roberts – Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog Every year, I refer to the Credit Suisse […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic – Why inequality matters?
The reasons why inequality damages society can be formally broken down into three groups: instrumental reasons having to do with economic growth, reasons of fairness, and reasons of politics. Branko Milanovic is an economist specialised […]
Austerity
David Harvey – A History of Neo-liberalism, Part 1
David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of anthropology and geography at City University of New York and author of A Brief History of Neoliberalism argues with Chris Hedges that Neoliberalism, the manta of the global corporate elites, […]
EU politics
Christophe Guilluy: France is deeply fractured. Gilets jaunes are just a symptom
Nothing really new here, but it does document that French intellectuals are entering the 21st century. Anti-establishment is no longer synonymous with communism and fascism. Read here
Economics
Daniela Gabor: The World Bank pushes fragile finance in the name of development
The World Bank’s Maximising Finance for Development agenda is constructing a new financial world order with shadow banking at its core, argues Daniela Gabor, professor of economics and macro-finance at UWE Bristol and one of 120 […]
Corruption
Public Services International – Conflict of interest: corporations lead UN promotion of controversial PPPs
Corporations seem to dominate the UN, like everything else, these days. For a similar case with regard to human rights and corporation at the UN, please see our review of the book “Corporate Human Rights […]
Climate Crisis
The Sustainability Agenda – Ian Gough
In this interview, we welcome Ian Gough to discuss his most recent book Heat, Greed and Human Need: Climate Change, Capitalism, and Sustainable Wellbeing. Here, Ian describes his initial concerns over the evident gap between […]
Finance
Dani Rodrik: Reclaiming Community
Stable families, good jobs, strong schools, abundant and safe public spaces, and pride in local cultures and history – these are the essential elements of prosperous societies. Neither global markets nor the nation-state can adequately […]