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Ashoka Mody: Italy’s Budget Isn’t as Crazy as It Seems
EU officials must recognize that the country needs stimulus. Read here
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Frank Van Lerven and Andrew Jackson – A Government is not a household
There is probably no economic fallacy that is so difficult to correct than that of Swabian hausfrau economics (you can only spend what you have -although Swabians are fanatical homeowners, most of which are financed […]
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Trades Union Congress: 17-year wage squeeze the worst in two hundred years
Never mind the Great Depression, we’re now experiencing the longest pay squeeze since Napoleon marched across Europe Read here
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Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU’s obstacle course for municipalism
Progressive municipalist city governments from Barcelona, to Naples, to Grenoble have introduced important policies to promote citizen participation, public ownership of services, expanded affordable housing, urban ecology and sustainable energy, better transparency and accountability, and […]
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Jason Hickel – Degrowth: A Call for Radical Abundance
With climate change completely out of control – and mostly ignored – the discussion concerning “degrowth” will increase in relevance and something we at BRAVE NEW EUROPE are trying to support. If you are new […]
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Marshall Auerback: If the Euro Cracks—Blame Germany, Not the Italians
The drive for German industrial hegemony is in its overreach stage and risks blowing up the currency union. Read here
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Bill Mitchell: Left-liberals and neoliberals really should not be in the same party
In four short articles Bill Mitchell addresses the need for progressive politics to free itself from neoliberal language, constructs and economists. Its a good read for the weekend. Read here
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Heiner Flassbeck: Pierre Moscovici – the last French Socialist
It is more than tragic that the last high-ranking French Socialist is playing the role of the executioner of Italy. Fear of neo-liberalism will eventually be the death of the Social Democrat movement. Heiner Flassbeck […]
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Adam Tooze – On his book “Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World”
Adam Tooze on his book “Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World” in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” in Berlin. This is the German version. Unfortunately the English talk was […]
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Jeffrey Sommers – “No People, Big Problem”: Democracy and Its Discontents In Latvia
Jeffrey Summers analyses the recent elections in Latvia. His fazit: The chief lessons from Latvia’s election are that ethnic Russians have not taken over. Their main political party remained stable and saw its support slightly […]