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J.W. Mason, Arjun Jayadev: The Crash of Austerity Economics
Reality keeps contradicting the sponsors of economic pain, but they keep dispensing their perverse advice. Read here
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Costas Lapavitsas – Learning from Brexit
We have avoided the topic of Brexit, but when the most eloquent and convincing proponent of Lexit writes something on the topic – and this is a lengthy article – it is well worth reading, […]
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David Hollanders – Christine Lagarde is Not a Progressive Choice for ECB President
Christine Lagarde, the former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, is expected to take over from Mario Draghi as the next President of the European Central Bank. David Hollanders argues that although Lagarde has […]
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thejournal. ie: Have €42,500? That’s the amount of public debt hanging over the head of every person living in the State
IRELAND’S PUBLIC DEBT rose to €206 billion last year, an increase of €5 billion, according to a government report published today. The annual report on Public Debt states this is the equivalent of €42,500 for […]
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Bill Mitchell: ECB confirms monetary policy has run its course – Part 1
“Despite rather significant monetary policy gymnastics, aimed at stimulating economic growth and lifting inflation rates, central bankers have largely failed. They have failed because they are wedded to mainstream theory. Fiscal policy makers are constrained […]
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Mark Blyth and Aidan Regan – Economic Ideas and Real Politics
On this episode, something a little different. Aidan Regan is an assistant professor at the School of Politics/International Relations at University College Dublin UCD, and has a podcast we think you’ll like. We think you’ll […]
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Heiner Flassbeck and Patrick Kaczmarczyk – A Sputtering Car Goes into Reverse: The German Recession and its Consequences
Heiner Flassbeck and Patrick Kaczmarczyk write that amidst global political and economic fragility, the downturn in the Germany economy adds to the uncertainty in a world that, as Paul Krugman put it, has a “Germany […]
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Bill Mitchell: Germany to play smokes and mirrors again
Germany is proposing some more smokes and mirrors so that it can maintain its position as the exemplar of fiscal responsibility by obeying its ‘Debt brake’ yet inject significant deficit spending into its recessed economy, […]
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Dean Baker – Combatting Global Warming and Austerity
“Most of Europe is in a situation where it could easily make large commitments toward increased spending on clean energy, mass transit, and conservation at essentially no economic cost.” Dean Baker is a Senior Economist […]
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The General Theorist: Goodbye IMF, hello ECB – Christine Lagarde’s track-record
Blogger The General Theorist wonders whether Christine Lagarde’s patchy performance as managing director of the IMF qualifies her for the trickier role of president of the European Central Bank. “The assumption that Lagarde is a […]