Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – How Failing Institutions Boost Inequality
A short lecture concerning the absurdities encountered by Yanis Varoufakis during his stint as Finance Minister of Greece and the grave consequences they had.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
Aditya Chakrabortty: Why do we let greedy financiers profit from the pain of foster children?
Privatisation is destroying our society. Once again Aditya Chakrabortty takes a tiny sliver of society and shows how the “free market” is destroying everything it touches, be it people or environment. Profit is all that […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Renegade Inc – Neoliberalism: The force isn’t with you…
Neo-liberalism runs contrary to how human beings naturally operate and has brought out the very worst aspects of human behaviour. An interview with Paul Verhaeghe, professor of clinical psychology and psychoanalysis at the University of […]
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: The fatal inconsistency within neoliberalism
There is nothing wrong with a free market. There is when it has been corrupted by neo-liberalism resulting in monopolies and crony-capitalism. It then destroys the market, and that is where we currently are. Read […]
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Daniel Rodgers: The Uses and Abuses of “Neoliberalism”
We all use the word: Neo-liberalism. But are we talking about the same thing? What exactly does neo-liberalism mean? Read here
Deregulation
George Monbiot: Is this the end of civilisation? We could take a different path
We are destroying the planet. There is no doubt about that, just about how long we can ignore this fact. Read here
Corruption
Lina Galvez – Rodrigo Rato’s troublesome “legal” legacy
Neo-liberalism has a face. In fact it has many faces. Lina Galvez looks at the career and egregious damage done to Spanish society by one of these faces: Rodrigo Rato. Lina Gálvez is Professor of […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Greece – the next bailout is just around the corner
Greece has disappeared from the headlines, but its disastrous economic state has changed little. Bill Mitchell looks at the nation that purportedly turned the corner. Read here
Economics
Chris Dillow: OUTSOURCING: A TRANSACTIONS COST APPROACH
Leave the dogma behind, and the numbers tell a different story about privatisation: It is not cheaper, better, or more efficient. Read here
Austerity
Jihen Chandoul: The IMF has choked Tunisia. No wonder the people are protesting
The IMF claims to have learnt from its mistakes and writes lovely papers criticising its own policies of the past. Still they have not swerved an inch from their traditional policy of brutal austerity. Read […]