Economics
Jonathan Rutherford – The closing of the conservative mind: Towards a new left conservatism
Why the democratic nation is coming apart Read here
Inequality
Corruption
Branko Milanović – Oligarchs and Oligarchs
Branko Milanović bringing us back into the realm of reality, beyond the pale of Manichean mainstream media. Great read. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book “Capitalism, Alone: The […]
Finance
Jason Hickel – Inequality Metrics and the Question of Power
Behind the somewhat obscure title, this article contains some excellent examples of how correct data can be used to come to deceptive conclusions. Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who works on political economy and global […]
Corruption
Harris Gleckman – How the United Nations is quietly being turned into a public-private partnership
A new agreement with the World Economic Forum gives multinational corporations influence over matters of global governance. Harris Gleckman is Senior Fellow at the Center for Governance and Sustainability, UMass-Boston and Director of Benchmark Environmental […]
Economics
Grace Blakeley: The US-China trade war is a distraction from the true failures of liberal globalisation
‘The problem isn’t Mexican migrants or Chinese factory workers — it’s the global elite that built an economic model so extractive, exploitative and unstable that it has provoked the kind of nationalist backlash not seen […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – What’s with population density? Economic history speculations
One of those typically thought provoking pieces by Branko Milanović: Why is population density associated with both lower inequality and lower extraction? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book […]
Economics
The Case for People’s Quantitative Easing by Frances Coppola
Book review by Mathew D. Rose Polity describes its series “The Case for” as “making the case for the radical, positive policies that we need to tackle these big problems – a dysfunctional economy, wealth […]
Economics
Spinoff: Why we can’t simply build our way out of the housing crisis
This may be about New Zealand but the analysis is spot on, valid for any EU nation. Read here
Climate Crisis
Thomas Piketty: The illusion of centrist ecology
It is increasingly clear that the resolution of the climate challenge will not be possible without a strong movement in the direction of the compression of social inequalities at all levels. Read here
Economics
Corporate Europe Observatory – When Corporations Ransack Countries: Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
New research published today reveals the devastating consequences of the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. A common ingredient in international trade and investment agreements, ISDS creates a parallel justice system that rolls out the […]