EU politics
The Guardian: Uber stripped of London licence due to lack of corporate responsibility
London has not renewed Uber’s licence due to its lack of “corporate Responsibility”. Read here
Finance
Finance
Steve Keen – PATREON: Why the poor pay for high debt, even if they don’t borrow (in 13 minutes & 15 seconds flat)
This was an invited talk to public servants organized by the Exploring Economics group (https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/). In just over 13 minutes Keen provides a complex systems argument that the poor pay for debt, even if they […]
EU politics
Politico: Inside the new battle against Google
The firing of the anti-monopolist Barry Lynn at the behest of Google has brought the topic of tech monopolies into the political limelight in the US. This is a long read, but provides an insight […]
Finance
Charles Adams: Poisonous Tendencies
Equilibrium is one of the most important elements of neoclassical economics, but has little to do with real society. Charles Adams is professor of physics at Durham University in the UK and blogs at progressivepulse.org. […]
Finance
Victor Xing: Central Bank Quantitative Easing as an Emerging Political Liability
From Financial Times – Alphaville (It is free, but you have to register) Victor Xing of Kekselias looks at how central banks are dealing with the distributional effects of their policies. Read Here
EU politics
City of London: Capital of an invisible empire
An interview with Michael Oswald and John Christensen concerning The Spider’s Web, their film about Britain’s tax haven empire. Read here
Finance
John Rapley: Ten Years After: We Blew the Great Crash, Let’s not Waste the Next Crisis
We did not learn from the Great Financial Crisis, and have thereby prepared the ground for the next Read here
EU politics
Norbert Häring: Pressure is mounting on Draghi and the G30
Is the European Central Bank President too close to Europe’s banks? Someone thinks so. Read here
EU politics
Chris Dillow – Stumbling and Mumbling: Corbyn’s success: centrists’ failure
Dillow cites the creation of a proletarianized professional cadre as a political game changer in the UK Read here
EU politics
Fran Boait and Stan Jourdan – 10 years after the financial crisis: Central banks need an overhaul
Ten years on from the outbreak of the Great Financial Crisis Fran Boait and Stan Jourdan evaluate the policy of central banks since then and propose reforms of the European Central Bank that are necessary […]