Finance
Basic Income Earth Network: Finland shares unconditional money, but the public view remains polarised
A good update on the Universal Basic Income experiment in Finland. Read here
Finance
Austerity
The Guardian: UK millennials second worst-hit financially in developed world, says study
Neo-liberalism is out to get the young. They are especially vulnerable. They have little experience in self-organisation and do not vote. Greece is the victim of German neo-liberalsim, Britain’s current situtation is the result of […]
Corruption
Is ECB planning prison in its headquarters for Board of Governors?
Two members of the European Central Bank Board of Governors are being investigated for corruption: Yannis Stournaras of Greece and now Ilmars Rimsevics of Latvia. Both are heads of their nation’s central banks. Maybe the […]
Economics
Open Democracy – Can radical social democracy save us?
Paul Mason, Dr Faiza Shaheen, Anthony Barnett and Dr Johnna Montgomerie discuss whether radical social democracy offers a way out of the crisis of neoliberalism, and what that means for future economic policy. […]
Corruption
Craig Mackay – Endemic Corruption in the UK?
Europeans believe they have very little corruption. That is because laws have been created to make corrruption legal – at least when it is on a large scale. Read here
Economics
Branko Milanovic – How is the world ruled?
It’s a funny old world – or one in which lies are formed into a reality to ensure power. Read here
Austerity
John Weeks – Austerity
John Weeks explains why one does not need an economist to understand economics, why austerity in Britain was and is unnecessary, the importance of gilts in a society, and lots more.
Austerity
Sergio Cesaratto – Tragic but not serious: the surreal document of the 14 Franco-German economists
Surrealism is king! Germany and other European neo-liberal policy makers are trying to take control of Italy’s finances. As usual, neo-liberal economists are there to help. Sergio Cesaratto is Professor of Growth and Development Economics […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor – Do tax revenues finance government spending?
No. There are a number of misconceptions of how state finances function. In this piece Ann Pettifor adresses one of these: why taxes are not used for spending. Ann Pettifor – Economist, director of Policy […]
Finance
Anna Coote – Basic income: Robbing Peter to pay Paul
No wonder universal basic income has so many neoliberal champions. It saps employee power and could actually help dismantle the welfare state, explains Anna Coote. Anna Coote is a Principal Fellow at New Economics Foundation […]