Austerity
John Weeks – Free Markets & the Decline of Democracy
John weeks explains how neo-liberalsim causes the rise of fascism. You can read this lecture here
Inequality
EU politics
Danny Dorling: Peak inequality
The gap between the very rich and the rest is wider in Britain than in any other large country in Europe, and society is the most unequal it has been since shortly after the First […]
Austerity
John Weeks – EU degenerates: Immiserizing Growth
This article is the second by John Weeks in his series “EU degenerates”. It assesses whether the European Union has achieved its founders’ stated goals of national and regional prosperity, convergence of development level across […]
Economics
Jason Hickel – “To eradicate poverty we have to radically reorganise the global economy”
Jason Hickel explains why the numbers being used to measure world poverty are not accurate and give the impression of improvement, where the situation is in reality getting worse.
Corruption
Prem Sikka: After decades of following a failed economic model, we need to reshape the state
The neo-liberal state has become a guarantor of corporate profits and engineer for increased inequaltiy . This has to change. . Read here
Economics
Serban V.C. Enache: Historical and Socialist Views on Immigration
Serban V.C. Enache attempts to provide a more objective examination of immigration. Read here
Austerity
Amnesty International: Eurozone governments need to recognise that Greece’s debt is a human rights issue
It is good to see that someone can see the plight of Greece and its people not just as a “political problem”. Read here
EU politics
Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
What we are seeing cannot be ignored. At the same time, we have to ask the question: How did we get here? Read here
Economics
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Book review by Branko Milanovic My first Summer book to read and review is Kate Raworth’s very successful “Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like the 21st-century economist”. It is an ambitious book whose objective […]
Austerity
Josh Ryan -Collins: Public budgeting for public purpose
It’s the latest debunking of the Swabian hausfrau myth of that German Finance Minister Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. To see this lecture please click here Read here