Economics
Brian Merchant: Workers know exactly who AI will serve
A new study shows workers aren’t buying Silicon Valley’s hype, and know just who will benefit from AI in the workforce if current trends hold. Read HERE
Inequality
Economics
Stewart Lansley – Trump’s plutocracy
The global populist right is being emboldened and the forward march of the super-rich is being accelerated Stewart Lansley is a visiting fellow at the School of Policy Studies, the University of Bristol. He is […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Trump’s ‘little disturbance’
Trump’s tariffs are not good, neither for the US nor the world. And Europe betting on massive military spending will end no better. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – Trump’s MAGA and deregulation
Trump certainly won’t deliver more economic growth and better living standards and public services. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Trump sees the United […]
Economics
Forbes: The 3 Richest Americans Hold More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Of The Country
That was the gist of a recent report published by the Institute for Policy Studies, a left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C. Using data from Forbes’ annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans, the […]
Economics
Dylan Sullivan, Jason Hickel: Plundering Africa – Income deflation and unequal ecological exchange under structural adjustment programmes
In Africa in the 1980s and 1990s structural adjustment programmes led to a significant increase in ‘unequal ecological exchange’, a process whereby African countries were compelled to export more materials, energy, and other resources than […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The Left has created the swing to the Right – some reflections
The world is shifting rapidly to the Right because the Left has abandoned its voice and its role in given succour to the underdog. We will all regret this era. Read HERE
Austerity
David Goessmann – How Germany’s Extreme Centre Fueled AfD’s Success
As they united around neoliberalism and an aggressive foreign policy, mainstream parties created a dangerous democratic vacuum. This vacuum can now be exploited in particular by extremist parties on the right. David Goeßmann is a […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Germany: drained of power; der Kraft beraubt
Germany faces a general election on 23 February 2025. The problem is that beyond moral posturing the political parties have no realistic policies for bringing the nation out of its current crisis Michael Roberts is an […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Poison for the soul
Review of David Lay Williams’s “The Greatest of All Plagues” Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World”. […]