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Economics
Richard Murphy: There is no such thing as taxpayer’s money
All money is created by the government. Taxpayer’s merely used government created money. Read here
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Economics
Michael Hudson – Falling into Line: Turning Endless Deficits into a Power Base
“The Federal Reserve has been single handedly financing the stock market and the bond market. The government has been giving away monopoly privileges to increase profits, to help support stock and bond prices, and that’s […]
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel: What Would It Look Like If We Treated Climate Change as an Actual Emergency?
If we accept the facts of climate change, we also have to accept the radical changes necessary to address it. Read here (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: The financial markets should be kept away from the climate crisis solution
The narrative that has emerged – that the financial CEOs with “trillions in assets” (all at COP26 because they could smell lucre) are a key to solving the climate challenge – is as ridiculous as […]
Finance
Tax Justice Network: G77 takes the initiative as G20 papers over the cracks of weak OECD tax deal
Efforts have begun to improve the weak G20 corporate tax deal Read here
Economics
Michael Hudson – Is This the End of the Unreformable Democratic Party?
This all reminiscent of the analyses after Trump’s victory. Democracy is dead in the USA, as is the case in most EU nations. If you vote for the Left or the Populist Right, the same […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Corporate welfare abounds
A couple of examples of why corporations can do what they want. Read here
Climate Crisis
BRAVE NEW EUROPE – Fundraiser 2021
Dear Reader (or Potential Reader), We’re all trying to make sense of the past two years and what that means for our future. More than ever before we’re learning to recognise that, rich or poor, […]
Climate Crisis
Laura Basu – Forget tulips and windmills, the Netherlands is the dirty old man of Europe
The Dutch image of a progressive paradise is just good PR – you only have to look at its record on the climate Laura Basu is Europe Editor of ourEconomy, and a Research Fellow at […]
Economics
Jo Michell – Fiscal Silly Season
As governments struggle to reimpose austerity we shall be confronted with some noteworthy intellectual contortions, as here in Britain Jo Michell is associate professor in economics. Bristol Business School, UWE Cross-posted from Critical Macro Finance […]