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Danny Dorling: This is what peak inequality looks like
This is an era of gross unfairness. But it will slowly come to an end Read here
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John Weeks – EU degenerates: Fiscal Rules undermine prosperity
This article is the first of several by John Weeks that will assess whether the European Union has achieved its founders’ stated goals of national and regional prosperity, convergence of development level across countries, and […]
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Bill Mitchell: We can do something about neoliberalism
Bill Mitchell covers three topics rather succinctly in this blog: Democratic deficit in the EU, Greece and its newest catastrophic deal with Germany/EU, and the surprise Democrat primary results in New York yesterday. Read here
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Josh Ryan -Collins: Public budgeting for public purpose
It’s the latest debunking of the Swabian hausfrau myth of that German Finance Minister Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. To see this lecture please click here Read here
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Larry Elliot: The right sees opportunity in a crisis. Why can’t the left?
The liberal Remainers have come up with no ideas, no analyses concerning changing the conditions that caused Brexit. They just want to have things as they were. They are militantly agitating for this. That is […]
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Open Democracy – Greece: in need of a debt relief that actually works
It’s not too late to steer the Greek economy and the EU towards a sustainable development course for the twenty-first century. There are tools to deliver this. Policy-makers should use them. By Olivier Vardakoulias is […]
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Simon Wren-Lewis – How the media forgot about the financial crisis and embraced austerity
This is a topic that Wren-Lewis has been pursuing himself for years: following the Great Financial Crisis British corporate Media changed the discourse from the irresponsibility of banks , to one of fiscal prodigality by […]
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Paul Mason: Donald Trump is a symptom of the new global disorder, not the cause
Neoliberalism and the revolt against austerity have pushed powerful states to impose social and economic pain on each other, or on smaller states. Read here P
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Pluto Press: Grenfell One Year On
Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the Grenfell disaster. What is coming to light is that the causes were all elements of austerity Britain: profit, racism, class war, arrogance, contempt. That is not the end […]
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Yanis Varoufakis – Greece, Germany and the Eurozone
When one views the current political situation in Italy, this lecture has a special relevance. It analyses how Germany crushed Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal and offers a way out of the current EU crisis.You […]