Economics
Michael Hudson – Global Financial Empire: Finance Capitalism vs Industrial Capitalism
Finance Capitalism vs Industrial Capitalism
Monopolies
Corruption
The Counterbalance – Competitiveness Against Competition
. . . and why national competitiveness reduces competition Counterbalance is a newsletter from a new anti-monopoly organisation, the Balanced Economy Project. This interview was conducted by Nick Shaxson. Cross-posted from The Counterbalance To subscribe […]
Economics
Michael Kwet: Digital colonialism – The evolution of US empire
Over the past decades, transnational “Big Tech” corporations based in the United States have amassed trillions of dollars and gained excessive powers to control everything, from business and labour to social media and entertainment in […]
Corruption
Forbes: Germany’s Biggest Automakers Fined €875 Million For Emissions Collusion
Vestager’s parting gift for Merkel: a minor fine for German car companies egregiously cheating on diesel emissions with consequences for human life and the environment Read here
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Techno-Feudalism is taking over
Capitalism is destroying the planet. This form even more. Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist, politician, leader of MeRA25 and DiEM25, former Greece’s Finance Minister, author and professor Cross-posted from the website of DiEM 25 […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Capitalism: has the leopard changed its spots?
Is this state monopoly ‘feudal’ financial capitalism now the enemy of labour while freely competitive industrial capitalism is an ally? Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted […]
Economics
Michael Hudson – Living with Price Above Value
An interview with the Positive Penger Group. Jussi: So welcome all and welcome Michael. Good to have you here again. How are you? Hudson: It’s good to be back. Jussi: Our pleasure as usual. Let […]
Economics
The Counterbalance: Jan Eeckhout – The Profit Paradox
Monopolies are mainly associated with the United States. And in Europe? Jan Eeckhout is the ICREA Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona Counterbalance is a newsletter from a new anti-monopoly organisation, the Balanced […]
Economics
BMJ Global Health – Global vaccine equity demands reparative justice — not charity
The G7’s promises of charity are not a solution to vaccine apartheid. We need justice: waive the patents and enable global South countries to ramp up vaccine production. By Sophie Harman, Parsa Erfani, Tinashe Goronga, […]
Corruption
Thomas Klikauer and Nadine Campbell: How Corporations Seek to Control Civil Societies Through Political “Influence” and Monopolies
It all comes down to the fact that we have a capitalist class that is extremely aggressive and has things under control. Thomas Klikauer teaches at the Sydney Graduate School of Management at Western Sydney University, […]