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German Foreign Policy – Tunisia: Pushed into a Dead End
After Greece, Germany appears to be set for a repeat performance in Tunisia. Read here
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João Paulo Batalha – The “captivating” tightrope walker: what to expect from the new Eurogroup head
Portuguese Finance minister Mário Centeno, hailed as the man who took on austerity and won, is taking over as Eurogroup head. What difference will he make? João Paulo Batalha is a social activist and founding […]
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Desmond Cohen – Not in it together: the distributional impact of austerity
Are people being taxed fairly? Not in Britain. New data reveals how the tax and benefit changes made since 2010 have disproportionately fallen on the poorest, ethnic minorities, women, children and the disabled. Read here
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Larry Elliot: Brexit: why the UK economy hasn’t led to buyer’s remorse
Are 51,9 % of Britains neo-fascist berks? Or did those who voted for Brexit have political and economics reasons for doing so? Remainers seem not to be posing this salient question: “Remain’s proponents have spent […]
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Mathew D. Rose – Germany and the loss of political trust
Just a year ago corporate media was hailing German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the new leader of the Western democracies. That they were grasping at such a decayed straw proves the seriousness of the political […]
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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 […]