Austerity
Danny Dorling: This is what peak inequality looks like
This is an era of gross unfairness. But it will slowly come to an end Read here
Globalisation
Economics
Ann Pettifor: Irish house prices sky-high due to finance not scarcity
This all sounds frightfully familiar. It is a problem that currently extends through much of Europe. Read here
Economics
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Book review by Branko Milanovic My first Summer book to read and review is Kate Raworth’s very successful “Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like the 21st-century economist”. It is an ambitious book whose objective […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic – Lecture at John Adams Institute
Economist Branko Milanovic presents a new approach for the age of globalization. Who are the winners and losers of globalization? One of the world’s leading economists of inequality, the former World Bank economist Branko Milanovic, […]
Austerity
Paul Mason: Donald Trump is a symptom of the new global disorder, not the cause
Neoliberalism and the revolt against austerity have pushed powerful states to impose social and economic pain on each other, or on smaller states. Read here P
Finance
The Politics of Financial Risk, Audit and Regulation: A Case Study of HBOS by Atul K. Shah
A book review by Prabhu Sivabalan In The Politics of Financial Risk, Audit and Regulation: A Case Study of HBOS, Atul K. Shah examines the HBOS collapse of 2008, and uses it as a platform to […]
Economics
Filip Novokmet and Pawel Bukowski: The central Europeans, the bloodsuckers of the European Union?
An interesting analysis of inequality in Eastern European nations. Read here
Deregulation
Tom Hunt – Building up the bundle of sticks. New ideas for union organising
If there are to be progressive changes in European society, unions will play a major role. Following decades of neo-liberal policy they are seriously weakend. To make matters worse, many tend to be reactionary, expecially […]
Economics
Quinn Slobodian: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
“Today, the European Union offers the fullest realization of the neoliberal political vision.” This looks like a very interesting book. Here is a lengthy review. Read here
Corruption
Nick Dearden: Big tech companies are trying to rewrite the rules to get your data
Dearden addresses all destructive march of tech companies through our societies and how they are using politicians to stop us from stopping them. Read here