Economics
Angus Deaton: How Misreading Adam Smith Helped Spawn Deaths of Despair
A Nobel Prize–winning economist reflects on the dire consequences of libertarian economics. Read HERE
Inequality
Climate Crisis
Macro & Cheese – Jason Hickel: The Double Objective of Democratic Ecosocialism
Listen HERE The title of this week’s episode is taken from an article to be published in September’s Monthly Review. The author, Jason Hickel, talks to Steve about the topic in his third visit to […]
Economics
Ndongo Samba Sylla – Debunking some myths about coups in Africa
We felt it was important to reproduce this twiter thread concerning current events in the Sahel as it is the only thing that has crediblity and a sharp analysis. Being a thread it is in […]
Economics
Sam Pizzigati – The World Bank Needs Better Metrics to Understand Inequality
The bank is pushing a statistical notion of “shared prosperity” that, as one expert puts it, “leaves the rich out of the equation!” Sam Pizzigati, veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow, […]
Climate Crisis
Robin McAlpine – The three philosophies which aren’t climate change denial
This is a great week for climate change deniers and a disaster for children – so it is helpful to understand properly the three political philosophies which offer an alternative. They’re not all equal. Robin […]
Climate Crisis
Heikki Patomäki – World statehood: the future of world politics
After decades of neglect, the idea of the world state has resurfaced in discussions. Heikki Patomäki is a social scientist, activist, and Professor of World Politics at the University of Helsinki. He has published widely […]
Finance
Tax Justice Network – World to lose $4.7 trillion to tax havens over next decade unless UN tax convention adopted
The future losses of public money via tax havens would be equivalent to losing a year of worldwide spending on public health Cross-posted from Tax Justice Network Michael Vadon/Creative Commons Countries are on course to […]
Climate Crisis
LabourNet TV – Kohei Saito: Climate Crisis and Ecosocialism
Watch HERE “We need to really challenge global capitalism as a world system.” (from the video) Renowned Marxist theorist and author of the best-selling book ‘Capital in the Anthropocene’, Kohei Saito discusses the three responses […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: There is lots of money available – if you know where to look for it
The argument that “there is no money left” makes no sense. Money is no object to a government with the ambition to transform its economy Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield […]
Economics
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Pepe Escobar – NATO Moves to Bait China
How NATO has shifted from its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine to targeting China in the Pacific Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall […]