Deregulation
Associated Press – EU lawmakers approve trade deal with US but add safeguards
The deal which seals Europe’s century of humiliation, signed-off by a hapless bunch of MEPs. Read the article HERE.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
EU politics
Euronews – European markets dip as oil prices soar and European gas prices jump
The war on Iran is going to hurt Europe a lot more than the US, which make it doubly stupid that most European leaders have condoned it. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Dominik A. Leusder: German Deindustrialization Is Self-Inflicted
Germany is in the midst of an industrial job loss wave worse than the one during COVID. The Right blames the green transition, and parts of the Left blame the Ukraine war. But the real […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – UK economy: still winter, not spring
The UK is in a doom loop and the Labour government has got no idea how to escape it. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael […]
Finance
James Angelos and Jordan Dahl – Merz heads to Beijing as Germany Inc. reels from ‘China shock’
Merz is off on his first visit to China as Chancellor. Germany is no longer competitive with Chinese industry in key sectors. In ‘Politico’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
DW – EU freezes US trade deal over tariffs uncertainty
The abomination of a trade deal agreed by Ursula Von Der Leyen last July has been constantly delayed because the goalposts keep shifting, which probably tells you that it was a very bad idea in […]
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Anger is driving people towards the far right. Only care and hope can bring them back.
What is currently occurring in the UK is happening in most Western nations. Here a good analysis of what has gone wrong and what now needs to be done. Richard Murphy is an economic justice […]
Austerity
Aurelien – Out Of Control… If there is hope, it lies in the PMC
What Aurelien does not appear to understand is that it was the union of workers and middle class that enabled progressive politics. The PMC alone is the Green Party, which eventually becomes far-right. Cross-posted from […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze – Is ‘decline’ really Europe’s problem?
Analysis of how European and American economic performance compares. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Privatisation
David Rowland – How privatising ADHD diagnosis robs the NHS of resources
Absolutely scandalous profiteering out of the UK’s national health service going on in plain sight. David Rowland is the Director of the Centre for Health and the Public Interest. He previously worked for over a […]