Economics
Prem Sikka: 8 measures the government must take to save the economy from coronavirus
The stuttering economic response of the UK government to the coronavirus crisis is disappointing. Read here
Inequality
Economics
Robin McAlpine: This is how Scotland’s Economy can Survive the Coronavirus
An economic plan NOW is every bit as important as an epidemic plan. “Already it is absolutely clear that economic orthodoxy is not even at the races in producing one – because economic orthodoxy is […]
Economics
Marshall Auerback: What Will the Post-Coronavirus Global Economy Look Like?
History has clear inflection points that have reshaped broad swaths of the globe seemingly overnight, but not all political leaders have recognized that yet. Marshall Auerback is a market analyst and commentator This article was […]
Austerity
Jule Goikoetxea, Zuriñe Rodriguez – Coronavirus is not Guilty
The Coronavirus was not an accident. It is the result of excessive human pressure on the biosphere resulting from an economic system that destroys everything on this planet to perpetuate itself. Jule Goikoetxea is a […]
Climate Crisis
Laura Merrill – Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Taxation: Two Sides of the same Carbon Coin
Generous government subsidies around the world are, even now, enabling the extraction and burning of fossil fuels that would otherwise remain in the ground. A global technocratic elite that claims to value market forces is […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The coronavirus crisis – a particular type of shock – Part 1
Considerations that governments need to take into account when dealing with the economic damage that will result from the coronavirus crisis. Read here
Economics
Quinn Slobodian: «Aus neoliberaler Sicht geht es darum, dass die Demokratie nicht die ökonomische Ordnung beschädigen kann»
Der Historiker Quinn Slobodian hat «Globalisten» geschrieben, eine Geschichte des Neoliberalismus, die brandaktuell ist. Woher kommt der Begriff? Was sagt er aus? Und was haben SVP und AfD damit zu tun? Read here
Economics
Renegade Inc. – Covid-19: Making markets scream!
The coronavirus has shut down factories and air travel globally. It’s shown us how brittle the world’s supply chains really are. But is it also being used to camouflage a decade of central bankers’ monetary […]
Economics
Makro & Cheese – L. Randall Wray: OK, Boomer. Great Again Isn’t Good Enough
Randy states the only reason the policies proposed by Bernie Sanders seem so far outside the mainstream is because the mainstream has become so regressive. The ideas aren’t radical — the Democratic Party is conservative. […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Bundesbank remits record profits to German government while Greek health system fails
This is the advantage of being the EU and euro hegemon: you are always the winner. This does not stop the Germans from complaining that the European Central Bank is ruining their economy. Never a […]