Austerity
Jason Hickel: “It’s either degrowth for the rich or climate disaster”
To prevent climate breakdown rich countries need to consume less. Listen Here
Inequality
Austerity
Michael Hudson – Ukraine 4 Steps On
After the people of Ukraine and Russia, the other losers of the Ukrainian war will be Europe. Michael Hudson is the author of Killing the Host (published in e-format by CounterPunch Books and in print by Islet). His […]
Economics
Robert Hockett: Make America Make Again
Three errors, all stemming from obsolete and discredited 1990s and early 2000s style thinking, have vitiated our national responses to inflation thus far. Counterpart errors, as it happens, account for our past 50 years’ economic, […]
Climate Crisis
Bill McGuire – It doesn’t have to be like this
Capitalism is failing the planet and most of the people living thereon. We will never tackle the climate emergency until it is replaced with a saner and kinder way of living. Bill McGuire is Professor Emeritus […]
Economics
Patrick Cockburn – The Global Economic Shock of the Ukraine War
The effects of the Ukraine war are being felt worldwide. Patrick Cockburn is the author of War in the Age of Trump (Verso) Cross-posted from Counterpunch Photograph Source: Ray Weitzenberg – CC BY 2.0 The war […]
Fake News
Jonathan Cook – Elon Musk isn’t a threat to society’s health. All billionaires are
The mega-rich buy up media outlets precisely because a lie is more likely to fly than the truth – including the lie that they are invaluable Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in […]
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck: Argentina again under IMF curatorship – with absurd consequences
In December last year, Patrick Kaczmarczyk and I pointed out that even 20 years after the great currency drama in Argentina, neither the country nor the international community have found a way to bring the […]
Economics
Citations Needed: Jason Hickel – The Neoliberal Optimism Industry
We’re told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof explained “Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History.” The same month, Harvard professor and Bill […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Here is what Central Banks could do to stem inflation without crushing the poor or killing off the Green Transition
The conventional methods of stopping inflation do not benefit the many. Here some alternatives Yanis Varoufakis, former Finance Minister of Greece, Professor of Economics at the University of Athens, and author of several bestselling books […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Fragmented France
Little to be joyful about in France today Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted fromMichael’s Blog The second round of the French presidential election returned the incumbent […]