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Ashoka Mody – The Euro: a mindless idea
Ashoka Mody on the arrogant delusion of the architects of the EU. Read here
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Steve Keen – The Delusional Leaders of the Eurozone
Steve Keen too has a look at 20 years of the Euro. Steve Keen is an economist. He is an expert on Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis, and is one of the handful of economists who […]
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Bill Mitchell: Greece “neither thrived nor struggled” – the financial press alt world
One thing has not changed during 2018: the neo-liberal propaganda of European state and commerical media. Read here
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ekathimerini-com: Greece’s population in rapid decline
Northern European nations – the New Hansa – need cheap, will trained workers. Now we know where the will come from. Read here
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Raoul Vaneigem – Concerning the “Yellow Jackets”: Everything is possible, even self – managing assemblies in the middle of street intersections, villages and neighborhoods
An interesting take on the Giletes Jaunes. Great read over the holidays. Raoul Vaneigem is a Belgian writer known for his 1967 book The Revolution of Everyday Life Read here
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Chris Bambery – Will 2019 see any resolution in the troubled relationship between Spain and Catalonia?
The Catalan independence movement has become bogged down in internal political divisions. The movement lacks a progressive vision capable of mobilising a large majority of Catalans, resorting instead to portraying itself as a victim. Chris […]
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João Paulo Batalha – Austerity hardwired into the EU: Mired in strikes, is Portugal’s anti-austerity oasis nothing but a mirage?
This article is BRAVE NEW EUROPE’s Christmas gift to our readers. It is the first in our series of articles entitled “Neo-liberalism hardwired into the EU”, which will become an established entity in our website. […]
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Luke Telford – Brexit: Understanding Leave Voters’ Motivations in Northeast England
As the debate around Brexit becomes increasingly hysterical and at moments absurd, we would like to remind our readers that Brexit is actually about people who were fed up with their political class. We at […]
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Politico: Macron ‘lost authority’ after caving to Yellow Jackets, says Oettinger
The EU hegemon speaks. This is the same German Commissioner who called upon the markets to crush Italian state finances if the government passed a budget above a deficit of 2 %. Read here
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Aditya Chakrabortty: There’s a national emergency all right – but it isn’t Brexit
“As another vote looms amid the pantomime of Westminster, the core issues behind leave’s win have been ignored. ” The lessons of austerity and neo-liberalism is being forcefully ignored by those who profit from it. […]