EU politics
Euronews – Europe’s poverty divide: Which cities and regions are most and least at risk?
One in five people in Europe are in poverty, but the picture varies a lot by country and by region. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Economics
Economics
Richard Murphy: Will the UK survive?
The local election results in England and national government elections in Wales and Scotland may prove to be among the most historically significant political events of modern times. Read Article HERE
Economics
Bill Mitchell: US economy on an unstable knife edge at present
A good read with much detailed analysis The system cannot produce stable growth under these circumstances. And the long-term prospects are unsound. Read Article HERE
Economics
Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik
Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]
Corruption
Chris Hedges – America’s Suicide Pact
America’s suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. Trump and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent […]
EU politics
Kerron Ó Luain – History Moved But the Liberal Left Didn’t: Ireland’s Fuel Protests
The left shoots itself in the foot when it refuses to engage with those taking action over the rising cost of living, just because some of the protestors do not share the left’s worldview. Kerron […]
Finance
Emma Baker, Amy Clair, Mark Stephens – How Britain’s housing crisis contributes to its declining healthy life expectancy
Quality of housing is closely linked to health outcomes, and for Britons who rent in the private sector, the quality of housing is shoddy. Emma Baker is Professor of Housing Research at the Australian Centre […]
Deregulation
Branko Milanović – How the “virtues” of neoliberal globalization paved the way to its demise
As in a Greek tragedy, the same features which neoliberal globalization extolled and that ensured its success for several decades led to its inevitable demise Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. […]
Economics
Dean Baker – Let’s Be Very Clear: Trump’s Iran War Is Making You Poorer
Although written about the USA, the same applies to Europe In addition to reducing our security and jeopardizing the well-being of people around the world, his belligerence will cost us a huge amount of money. […]