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Prem Sikka – Britain: This is the state of our economy after a decade of Tory rule
Successive right-wing governments have badly hurt our economy. What’s next? Read here
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David Harvey: What is Neoliberalism?
David Harvey on what neoliberalism is, where it came from – and why the concept is still relevant today. Read here
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Open Markets Institute: The Role of Monopoly in America’s Prescription Drug Crisis
This White Paper should act as a warning to anyone contemplating opening the UK’s National Health Service further to the US pharmaceuticals industry. Read here
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Thomas Piketty – France: Several universal retirement schemes are possible
Could we possibly have a reasoned debate about the several alternative retirement schemes? To judge from the government’s attitude, one might well doubt it. The current government is endeavouring to restrict the discussion to the […]
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Grace Blakeley – Financialisation and the climate emergency
Grace’s talk in Berlin on November 12 in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau”.
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Yanis Varoufakis – Why is economics not a force for good and what must we do to make it so?
“At the Cambridge Union on 7th November 2019 Yanis Varoufakis smashed the academic boundary walls of economics in style. His critical principles come from his characteristic cool iconoclasm – he has ‘zero respect for economists’ […]
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Robin McAlpine: Stop Feigning Confusion at Public Ownership; it’s not Complicated
When one reads an article like this, it becomes painfully clear how bankrupt Europe’s political class is. While politicians pretend they are the high priests of complicated truths, which we daily realise are lies, we […]
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Guy Standing – Rentier Capitalism is Breeding Neo-Fascism
Faced with a crisis of awesome proportions, we must develop a strategy for re-embedding the economy in society. Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the UK Academy of Social […]
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Branko Milanović – Chile: The Poster Boy of Neo-liberalism Who Fell From Grace
Hayek was enamoured by Pinochet and the neo-liberal regimen he installed in Chile based upon the teachings of Hayek and his allies – and of course of the intervention of the USA. This is something […]
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The Local no: Strike leaves Norway’s trains at a standstill: here are your rights as a passenger
The industrial action, which began at 12pm on Thursday and was scheduled to continue until 2pm, is in protest at EU rail regulations. Read here