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Michael Roberts – Books of the year 2024
Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. I’ll take them in chronological order. José Tapia had a new book on the […]
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Wolfgang Streeck – Capitalism: Home Alone
Excerpt from Wolfgang Streeck’s book that appears this week, “Taking back Control? States and State Systems after Globalism”, London and New York: Verso, 2024, pp. 108-21 ISBN-13: 978-18397767296 Wolfgang Streeck is Emeritus Director and Senior […]
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Kirsten Sehnbruch – Will Labour secure workers’ rights for the 21st century?
Labour’s Employment Rights Bill won’t resolve the inequalities that characterise Britain’s labour market. Kirsten Sehnbruch is a Distinguished Policy Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. During […]
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Richard Murphy – Neoliberalism was the underlying cause of the Grenfell disaster
The only supporters of neo-liberalism are those porfitting from it. Others, as in this case and many others, die due to it. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. […]
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Richard Matoušek – In Lisbon, Residents Seek a Vote on Banning Airbnb
‘In Lisbon, soaring tourism has turned tens of thousands of apartments into Airbnbs, pushing out ordinary renters. A referendum on banning short-term rentals in residential buildings could change that.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
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Costas Lapavitsas – Drifting toward world war
“The emerging hegemonic contest has no ideological content but is driven entirely by capitalist economic interests.” Costas Lapavitsas is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies andconvenor at European Research Network […]
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Κώστα Λαπαβίτσα – Ηγεμονικός ανταγωνισμός Μεγάλων Δυνάμεων
Read the English Version HERE Ζούμε σε μια εποχή πρωτοφανών στρατιωτικών εντάσεων που απειλούν με έκρηξη παγκοσμίου πολέμου. Από το 2022 δύο περίπου ίσες στρατιωτικές δυνάμεις – η Ρωσία και οι ΗΠΑ με τους συμμάχους […]
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Costas Lapavitsas – “La contienda hegemónica emergente no tiene contenido ideológico, sino que está impulsada enteramente por intereses económicos capitalistas”.
Costas Lapavitsas es profesor de Economía en la Escuela de Estudios Orientales y Africanos (SOAS) y coordinador de la Red Europea de Investigación en Política Social y Económica (EReNSEP). Es el autor principal junto con […]
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Costas Lapavitsas – “La contesa hegemònica emergent no té contingut ideològic, sinó que està impulsada totalmente per interessos econòmics capitalistes”
Costas Lapavitsas és professor d’Economia a l’Escola d’Estudis Orientals i Africans (SOAS) i coordinador de la Xarxa Europea de Recerca en Política Social i Econòmica (EReNSEP). És l’autor principal juntament amb el col·lectiu d’escriptura EReNSEP […]
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Michael Roberts – The State of Capitalism
“The State of Capitalism is an exercise in hard analysis and there is much to learn and debate. In that sense, the book is a must read…” Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of […]