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
Finance
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 […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – billy blog: Jean-Claude Juncker in denial and somewhat delusional
With regard to EU-Commission President jean Claude Juncker’s speech concerning the future of the EU last week Mitchell writes: “Juncker’s speech displayed the usual mixture of hubris, denial and error-prone behaviour that has defined his […]
Finance
Alex Cobham: KPMG And The False Objectivity Of The ‘Big Four’
From the Huffington Post It’s time to recognise them for what they are or we’ll continue getting stung, says economist and Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, Alex Cobham. Read here
Finance
Strike by employees or McDonalds in Britain organised by Momentum
40 staff from McDonald’s restaurants in Cambridge and Crayford walked out on September 4th over the transnational company’s use of zero-hours contracts and lack of union recognition. Listen here und here
EU politics
Michel Feher: Bearings of the Left
Michel Feher reflects on the dilemmas faced by the left in the wake of Brexit and Trump. Listen
EU politics
Steve Keen – PATREON: How Austerity works…
Steve Keen on How Austerity works…: Yes, of course I’m being ironic. But you never know how many people who actually believe that it does work might click on View. You can follow Steve at […]
EU politics
Neoliberalism: the idea that swallowed the world
From The Guardian Stephen Metcalf: Neoliberalism: the idea that swallowed the world The word Neoliberalism has become a rhetorical weapon, but it properly names the reigning ideology of our era – one that venerates the […]