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Richard Murphy – The growth delusion

October 31, 2025 Mathew D. Rose 0

Martin Wolf of the FT said this week that only economic growth can save democracy. Yet his economics serves only the wealthy. When workers are sacrificed, rents soar, and insecurity spreads, as he demands so […]

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Marlon Ettinger – Emmanuel Macron Isn’t Really Halting Retirement Reform

October 20, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘France’s government has survived a confidence vote thanks to the Parti Socialiste’s abstention. While Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promises to suspend unpopular changes to pensions, unions object that the retirement age hike has merely been […]

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Mathew D. Rose – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the German Economy

October 2, 2025 Mathew D. Rose 0

Hate is not a substitute for policy as the Germans should have learnt from their Nazi Third Reich. They obviously didn’t. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany […]

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Michele Barbero – France Is Deep in Debt but Failing to Tax the Superrich

September 29, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Is a wealth tax the answer to Macron’s budget crisis? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.

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William Thomson, Dirk Ehnts – Should an independent Scotland adopt the EU fiscal rules?

September 17, 2025 Ben Wray 0

An independent Scotland would likely start life with a substantial public deficit so adopting the EU’s fiscal rules would mean austerity. William Thomson is a political economist and has worked for almost a decade in […]

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C.J. Polychroniou – Neoliberalism in France Receives a New Blow as Yet Another Government Falls

September 9, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The French people don’t want more neoliberal remedies and there is no parliamentary majority for them, but Macron has nothing else to offer – something has to give. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist […]

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Politico – Draghi orders Europe’s leaders: Do what I told you

September 9, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Top technocrat demands all European governments bend to his technocratic will. Read the article HERE.

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Krzysztof Katkowski – In Poland, Austerity Targets Ukrainian Refugees

September 1, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Polish president Karol Nawrocki is shutting off welfare benefits for Ukrainians in Poland. Earlier welcomed as refugees, Ukrainians are now pushed into a role as second-class guestworkers in their host country.’ In Jacobin. Read the […]

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DW News: German welfare state ‘can no longer be financed’ — Merz

August 25, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The shift from welfare state to warfare state is in full motion. Read the article HERE.

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Mathew D. Rose: The EU – Fascism is coming home

August 20, 2025 Mathew D. Rose 2

The EU was always about waging a class war against democracy and the working people of Europe Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of […]

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Branko Milanović – “J’avais toujours raison”

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A review of Raymond Aron’s “Memoires” Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More 3.0 […]

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Book Review by Martin Shaw Cross.posted from Declassified UK As British people have turned against Israel’s destruction of Gaza, leading figures in its present and former governing parties still deny that Israel has committed even […]

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