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Bill Mitchell – Think our governments can no longer control capitalism? You’ve been duped
Bill Mitchell explores among other topics the neoliberal dominance of the political process and the resulting shifts in economic policies.
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Thomas Hale: The strange economics of the university strikes
The strange economics of the university strikes. It will increase short-term profits at the universities: less pay for staff, no refunds for students Read here
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Chris Dillow: Getting away with murder
In his blog Chris Dillow is referring to the article by Simon Wren-Lewis “The economic and political cost of UK austerity” Dillow asks the important question: “How did they get away with this?” and gives […]
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Mathew D. Rose – Germany’s Social Democrats did the right thing: committed political suicide
Sometimes historical events occur and no one really notices. The decision of the German social democrats to once again enter a grand coalition heralds the end of a political party with a history of over […]
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Simon Wren-Lewis: The economic and political cost of UK austerity
While George Osborne is crowing about the success of austerity, Simon Wren-lewis examines the high costs of Osborne’s failed economic policy. Read here
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Ann Pettifor: A triumph for George Osborne’s austerity plan? Not when our social fabric is in tatters
The ex-chancellor rejoices as his target is finally hit, but austerity has taken a terrible toll Read here
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Bill Hudson: Greek debt update
The eurozone must collapse in the end. If it does not, the entire eurozone will end up looking like Greece looks like today. Greece is the eurozone’s future, if it is kept in place. Read […]
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Guy Standing – Why Britain’s Tories do not believe in free markets
The claims of Brtain’s Coservative Party amounts to a lie. They have been building the most unfree market system ever conceived. Guy Standing is Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, and Professorial Research […]
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Nadia Garbellini and Matteo Gaddi – Italy: An unholy alliance
Nadia Garbellini is an economist at the Università di Bergamo Matteo Gaddi writes fot the Associazione Culturale Punto Rosso This article is part of a piece that will be published in Italian in inchiesta Number […]
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John Harris: If the elite ever cared about the have-nots, that didn’t last long
Most Remainers’ political analysis goes no deeper than those of the Brexiters. Both have a gut reaction: one knows the EU is destroying their lives, the others know that they profit from it. Read here […]