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Fintan O’Toole: Has Ireland had a lost decade?
Did Ireland learn anything from its dramatic financial crash 10 years ago? Not much concludes Fintan O’Toole. Read here
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Bill Mitchell: Ireland – not as rosy as the official story might suggest
Ireland has made itself look ridiculous. Official figures showed the Irish economy grew by an unbelievable 26pc in 2016 – more than three times faster than first thought. This was quickly dismissed by economists as “farcical”. […]
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Emma Clancy – Some euros are more equal than others: trade imbalances and debt crises
The Euro has failed Europe’s citizens, resulting in Germany’s financial hegemony. This is the fourth article in a series presenting the report The Future of the Eurozone. Preivous articles in this series are here, here, and […]
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Lars P. Syll – The causes of secular stagnation and the loanable funds theory
The poor state of the Western economies is our fault. Repeatedly one reads and hears that secular stagnation is the result of a savings glut – we are not spending enough, although priivate debt has […]
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Chris Dillow: CONSERVATIVES & AUSTERITY
Austerity is a weapon in class warfare. Chris Dillow ponders “why are Conservatives so supportive of such austerity?” His hypothesis is: Fiscal austerity is needed in order to maintain the “natural” hierarchy in which the […]
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Frances Coppola: The terrible price of austerity
Was Hitler the product of austerity? In her blog Frances Coppola asks if austerity played an important role in Hitler’s rise to power. She comes to the conclusion that it did and warns: “Learn from […]
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Aditya Chakrabortty: Our benefits system has become a racket for cheating the poor
Behind the “News” are people, who are seldom mentioned. When they do appear briefly and rarely, it is mostly in a sanitised and aestheticized version. Aditya Chakrabortty has been trying for years to turn this […]
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Bill Mitchell: Germany – a most dangerous and ridiculous nation
In this typically lengthy article Mitchell reviews how and why Germany is imposing its economic policy upon Europe. Read here
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Farewell, neoliberalism: An interview with Wolfgang Streeck
“Act local, think global. The only ones that can act globally are the CIA and Goldman Sachs, and only as long as there is no effective local resistance. In the real world, there is no […]
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Fabio De Masi and Yanis Varoufakis sue the ECB
The EU and ECB have great difficulty with transparency and explaining the justification for its actions.It is no wonder that its democratic credentials are in such shambles. Fabio De Masi is a member of Germany’s […]