Austerity
Helena Smith: Has Greece finally escaped the grip of catastrophe?
This article rounds out the picture of the current situation in Greece described in our two articles of today (here and here) Read here
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
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Simon Wren-Lewis: The micro incompetence of UK austerity
It is good to read a piece by an economist, which puts politics back into austerity. Read here
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Haris Malamidis and Kostis Roussos – Greece: Fighting Austerity, Building Alternatives
It is always ood to leave the economic anaylses of Greece and austerity (see today´s article by Sergio Cesaratto) and to see what the situation on the ground looks like. Haris Malamidis and Kostis Roussos […]
Economics
Jason Hickel – Dambisa Moyo is wrong about the global economy – here’s why
Western media can’t seem to get enough of Moyo: her ideas stray little from old neoliberal mantras so endlessly recycled by establishment elites in the US and Europe. Jason Hickel is an anthropologist who works […]
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Sergi Cutillas – Is it possible to call the political regime of the euro democracy?
The decline in the ECB’s purchases of Italian government bonds has generated unprecedented scrutiny in Europe of the nature of such interventions. Sergi Cutillas is an economist and worked in the financial sector before taking […]
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Kate Pickett – Mental health effects of inequality
Kate Pickett joins Politics Theory Other to discuss her new book – co-authored with Richard Wilkinson – The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-being, the follow up […]
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John Weeks – Free Markets & the Decline of Democracy
John weeks explains how neo-liberalsim causes the rise of fascism. You can read this lecture here
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Chris Bambery – Brexit: “You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave!”
Chris Bambery takes a very big step back and analyses what Brexit is really about and what opportunites it offers. Chris Bambery is author and broadcaster. Co-author (with George Kerevan) of Catalonia Reborn: How Catalonia […]
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Zoe Konstantopoulou: If you love Greece, help us get rid of Alexis Tsipras and his zombie party
This was a long time coming, but finally this discourse has transceded the Greek borders. Read here
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Sue Konzelmann – When is austerity an appropriate economic policy?
Austerity has an awful reputation, but can be a useful tool in an economy to deal with public debt at the right time and in the correct manner. sue Konzelmann explains. Sue Konzelmann is a […]