Economics
Steve Keen – From Central Bankers to MMT
This installment covers my views on MMT (Modern Monetary Theory), QE (Quantitative Easing), and the need for a Modern Debt Jubilee. Part 1 is here.
Finance
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck – The Great Paradox: Liberalism Destroys the Market Economy
Capitalism is celebrated by liberals as a success story. But it was precisely the rule of liberalism that drove the market economy into a major crisis. A reflection on 70 years of post-war economy. Heiner […]
EU politics
Ben Wray – US Resistance to French ‘Facebook Tax’ Reveals How Power Works in Global Economic Hierarchy
The US threat of tariff retribution on France for its Digital Services Tax shows how tax on corporate giants has little to do with fairness and a lot to do with global economic power […]
Austerity
The Real News Network: David Harvey – The Persistence of Neoliberalism Despite its Loss of Legitimacy
Neoliberalism continues in national and transnational institutions, even though it has lost legitimacy as an ideology and has even penetrated progressive thinking, argues Prof. David Harvey Part 1 Part 2
Finance
Branko Milanović – From Welfare in one Country to Global Poverty Alleviation…and Now Where?
The debate between human rights and economic “sufficiency” at the global level: a topic which did not even exist before the 1960s. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book […]
Economics
John Weeks – Post-Capitalism: Nationalisation of Monopolies
One need not break up monopolies if they provide basic services and letting predatory capitalism continue, but to nationalise them to serve the common good. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African […]
Economics
Jonathan Rutherford – The closing of the conservative mind: Towards a new left conservatism
Why the democratic nation is coming apart Read here
Economics
Thomas Piketty: Will money creation save us?
The question of more monetary intervention or fiscal policy solutions has been discussed for years. As Piketty points out, it is not that simple, any solution will have to solve a large numbers of issues […]
Corruption
Michael Roberts – Greece: Completing the Vicious Circle
A good overview of economic developments in Greece during four years of Syriza government. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog So the full […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: ‘Sound finance’ prevents available climate solution with massive jobs potential
“The perfect match – tree planting and job creation” Read here