Economics
Bill Mitchell: Free flows of capital do not increase output but do increase inequality
Suddenly capital controls are back in the discussion. Read here
Inequality
Climate Crisis
Vijay Prashad – Wealthy Countries’ Approach to Climate Change Condemns Hundreds of Millions of People to Suffer
While Europeans are diligently reducing their use of plastic bags and straws, even taking trains instead of flying – well occasionally – the true dimensions and necessary solutions for the worldwide climate crisis are being […]
Austerity
Peter McPhee – We Live in a World of Upheaval. So Why Aren’t Today’s Protests Leading to Revolutions?
Today’s protests are driven more by anger over social and economic inequity than deep-seated grievances against a regime. Orlando Barria/EPA Peter McPhee, University of Melbourne We live in a world of violent challenges to the […]
Austerity
Grace Blakeley – Financialisation and the climate emergency
Grace’s talk in Berlin on November 12 in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau”.
Globalisation
Branko Milanović – Revolution Number 9. Why the World is in Uproar Right Now
A brilliant piece by Branko Milanović who has the courage to admit that our political categories are useless in explaining the ever increasing number of revolts occurring around the world. Social media may be an […]
Finance
Branko Milanović – Antifragile States and Global Cities
How globalisation has allowed small states to become major players and big cities to outgrow their nation-states Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of […]
Economics
Juan Laborda – Reflections on the Recent Spanish General Election: How to Stop the Far-Right VOX?
Austerity produces fascism. Neo-liberalism kills two birds with one stone. Juan Laborda teaches Financial Economics at the University of Carlos III and Money and Banking, Syracuse University (Madrid) Originally published in Spanish at vozpopuli Translated […]
Deregulation
Guy Standing – Rentier Capitalism is Breeding Neo-Fascism
Faced with a crisis of awesome proportions, we must develop a strategy for re-embedding the economy in society. Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the UK Academy of Social […]
Economics
Jeremy Smith – Rethinking Britain: the Fundamental Choice the Nation Faces in the Upcoming General Election
Probably nowhere in Europe is there so much energy and thought being invested in the search for a way out of the dead end that neo-liberalism has led us into. “Rethinking Britain – Policy Ideas […]
EU politics
Birmingham Mail: McDonald’s staff strike in huge row over wages
Workers at six McDonald’s restaurants in London will “McStrike” for the day and there will be protests in dozens of towns and cities across the UK Read here