Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Is there hope for a post neoliberal world?
We are all realising that our political class – the large parties and their lobbying machines – only want power. Something has to give. Read Article HERE Photo: Screen grab
Inequality
Economics
Michael Roberts – The consensus: from Washington to London
50 economists from LSE seem to be unable to think outside of the box of failure Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog The Washington […]
Economics
Corbin Trent: It Works, If You Work It.
For our economy to provide a nice life for all we will need structural reform. How bad is it? This bad. Read Article HERE
Corruption
Robin McAlpine – The failure of politics? You can’t fix what you can’t see
Policymakers are far too stuck in their own bubble to properly understand how their policies impact on people. Unless they learn to count what matters to real people rather than corporations, the fraying of democracy […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic´ – Was the world of the 1990s better than today’s?
A little hypocrisy makes society violent and rough, but too much makes it rotten. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed […]
Economics
After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta
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 […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – ‘German labour costs are too high’: Friedrich Merz’s economic declaration of war on Europe – and on himself
It was only a matter of time. First, the economic amateurs pounced on the welfare state, now they are attacking the core substance of the economy. As in the 1970s and 1990s, ‘German economic experts’ […]
Climate Crisis
Rubén Lo Vuolo – The environmental crisis is driven by class interest
Latin America is one of the regions most affected by extreme weather events, has the highest number of crimes against defenders of planetary health, and uses ‘collective natural resources for the benefit of wealthy minorities.’ […]
Economics
Austerity
UNI Europa stands in solidarity with Portugal’s workers on general strike
This is the Portuguese labour movement’s first general strike in 12 years, directed against an unjust labour reform. Read Article HERE