Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Does capitalism make us happy?
Understanding economics is a prerequisite to partiicpiating in democracy. Listen here
Finance
Finance
Sam Knight: The spectacular power of Big Lens
How one giant company will dominate the way the whole world sees. Read here
Corruption
Common Space: RBS accused of committing a “fraud on the people” over LOBO loans at AGM
An example of how politicians work hand in glove with banks to enable them to make excessive profits at the cost of the common good. Read here
Economics
John Weeks – “More Europe” in Brussels while Rome Burns
How the EU brought the new italian government to power. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of London, and associate of Prime Economics Wikimedia Commons There seems some disagreement as to whether Nero played […]
Austerity
Michael Roberts – Spain: the challenge for Sanchez
Michael Roberts analyses the Spanish economy and why it remains subdued. Read here
EU politics
Prem Sikka: Want to end wealth inequality in Britain? Cap the bosses’ bonuses
Checking soaring executive pay is necessary for reducing income inequalities, but the government continually fails to address the issue. Read here
Austerity
BRAVE NEW EUROPE – Lecture series in Berlin: “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau”
“Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” is the title of a series of lectures on heterodox economics planned for this year and next in Berlin. We shall be featuring some of the most prominent European heterodox […]
Economics
Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – Watermark
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown’s Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week’s news. Today’s topics include the royal […]
Economics
Lynn Parramore: Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America
Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual lynchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean Read here
Economics
Tax Justice Network – Why we can’t afford the rich: our May 2018 podcast
In this month’s Taxcast: We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism and investment. Also: ten years ago the Tax Justice Network was told it’d never happen, but this […]