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GPEnewsdocs – Nick Buxton: Global Coup d’État: Mapping the Corporate Takeover of Global Governance

March 1, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Corporations have stepped beyond lobbying governments. They are integrating in policy-making at the national and international levels. From agriculture to technology, decisions historically made by governments are increasingly made by secretive unaccountable bodies run by […]

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Economics

Dean Baker – To Prevent the Resurgence of the Pandemic, Can We Talk About Open-Source Research?

February 27, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The current narrative is that the pandemic is nearing its end. But what if it continues to mutate into new variants? Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research […]

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Economics

Dean Baker – Trump Crazy and Intellectual Crazy

January 20, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 1

At the most basic level, anyone in a policy position is almost always, by definition, on the winning side of the inequality gap. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and […]

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Corruption

GPEnewsdocs – Dean Baker On Beating Inequality & COVID-19: Tackle Patent and Copyright Monopolies

January 20, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Intellectual property like pharmaceutical patents is part of the story why so many people face a long wait for COVID-19 vaccines says Dean Baker discussing the high cost of policy choices that make the rich […]

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Economics

Dean Baker – Debt and Deficits, Yet Again

January 14, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 1

With a Democrat in the White House, the season of the deficit hawk has returned. So, it’s worth going through the old arguments just to remind everyone that the best response to these people is […]

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Climate Crisis

Michael Roberts – Economics: The Radical Answers

January 8, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

And what the progressive economists at the American Economics Association (ASSA) are thinking Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ Blog To read the first part […]

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Finance

Dean Baker – End of the Year Thoughts on Inequality and Its Remedies

December 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 1

Although most have not grasped it yet, inequality is probably the greatest threat to our society and via climate change to our world. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and […]

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Corruption

Corporate Europe Observatory: Big Tech brings out the big guns in fight for future of EU tech regulation

December 16, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The next big EU lobby battle is already underway: Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are among the companies making huge efforts to shape the upcoming Commission proposals to regulate the digital market. Read here

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Deregulation

Michael Roberts – The Friedman doctrine in the 21st century

December 13, 2020 David Shirreff 0

Milton Friedman’s doctrine, the favouring of free markets and small government, prevails today, and the resulting tendency towards corporate monopolies, despite well-meaning proposals for better “rules of the game”. Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]

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Finance

Dean Baker – News for Bill Gates: Capitalism Is Still Capitalism Without Patent Monopolies

November 24, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Like Donald Trump, Bill Gates apparently has a hard time understanding some things. The NYT had a major article on Gate’s role in developing vaccines against the coronavirus. At one point, the piece notes critics […]

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Heterodox Challenges in Economics by Sergio Cesaratto

February 24, 2021 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose I never thought that I would describe an economics book as “a delightful read”, but “Heterodox Challenges in Economics” by Sergio Cesaratto is exactly that. It is well written, […]

Corruption

Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World by Tom Burgis

January 27, 2021 0

Book Review by David Shirreff First, the good news. This is undoubtedly a useful book. It is a mine of information and anecdote, cleverly told, about the kleptocrats who apparently move untroubled around the world […]

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