Media
Thomas Piketty: « Le Monde » and the billionaires
How to democratise private media? Read here
Media
Climate Change
George Monbiot: The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us
Climate breakdown could be rapid and unpredictable. We can no longer tinker around the edges and hope minor changes will avert collapse. Read here
Austerity
Pavlos Roufos – A deep look into Greece’s bottomless debt crisis
Writer Pavlos Roufos reviews eight years of managed disaster for Greece under Europe’s austerity regime – from the roots of the crisis in both internal politics and international finance, to the perverse structure of EU-imposed […]
EU politics
Brian Milstein – The Brexit vote and Trump’s election were decided democratically. So why don’t they feel that way?
This is a brilliant piece. Once democratic institutions break down, so does democracy. The current mainstream discourse concentrates on the latter, ignoring that political parties and the media have abandoned democracy assuming there was no […]
Finance
Jacob Weisberg: The Autocracy App
Facebook is a company that has lost control—not of its business, which has suffered remarkably little from its series of unfortunate events since the 2016 election, but of its consequences. Read here
Economics
Andreas Møller Mulvad and Rune Møller Stahl: The Real Denmark
An excellent, objective piece concerning the current state of Denmark and the Scandinavian nations. In the rest of Europe Scandinavia is not villified, it simply does not exist as it does not fit in the […]
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis: On Europe’s austerity drive and DiEM25 – an OECD podcast
One country that symbolised the crisis of the last 10 years was Greece. Its insolvency embarked the country on a long regime of bail-outs and austerity. This August, Greece officially emerged from the crisis, with […]
EU politics
Tom Mills: Can the Ruling Class Speak?
Talking about elites isn’t just the realm of conspiracy theorists. In fact, it’s a vital component of left-wing politics. Read here
EU politics
Leighton Andrews – Is the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?
Facebook and Google are modern utilities – and natural monopolies – so they need a utility regulator. Leighton Andrews is Professor of Public Service Leadership and Innovation at Cardiff Business School, a former Welsh Government […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – Why interest rates are low and Italy needs our support
The political causes of ultra low interest rates in Europe is still being ignored. While those who fail to comprehend that we have to support Italy are promoting nationalism there and in Germany. Heiner Flassbeck […]