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Bill Mitchell: The European conservatives are organising while the progressives fight among themselves
The return of the EU Austerians and disaster of the French Left Read Here
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
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David Jamieson – Scottish Greens follow their European friends to the Right
The Scottish Greens have joined the club of Irish, Austrian and German Green parties who have established their politics in the governing centre for the benefit of capital David Jamieson is a journalist, writer and […]
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Philipp Heimberger – Do higher public debt ratios really reduce economic growth?
The pandemic-induced crisis has seen fiscal policy relaxed. Ill-evidenced orthodoxy must not be allowed to reinstate austerity. Philipp Heimberger is Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) Cross-posted from wiiw website Economists […]
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Bill Mitchell: German threats of exit rely on the ignorance of others reinforced by Europhile progressives
Bullying is the hallmark of politics in Europe it seems. Read here Photo: youtube
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Bill Mitchell: Bottom up reform in the EMU requires the abandonment of the Treaties
The question is when will Brussels seeks to reinstate the Stability and Growth Pact. Read Here
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Costas Lapavitsas, Sergi Cutillas – National states, transnational institutions, and hegemony in the EU
The emerging EU fiscal policy framework lacks clear rules, reflecting the peculiar character of German hegemony as well as deep divisions between core and periphery in the EU. Costas Lapavitsas is an Economist at SOAS […]
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Gustavo Piga – What an ambitious Europe would need
Not all that shines is gold. Gustavo Piga is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata Cross-posted from Gustavo’s website Painting by Angela Maria Piga Any citizen who cares about the […]
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Yanis Varoufakis – On why Croatia shouldn’t adopt the Euro, German politics and much more
Yanis Varoufakis – whatever you may think of him – is one of those thinkers one should regularly check in on. Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist, politician, leader of MeRA25 and DiEM25, former Greece’s […]
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Saker El Nour – Towards a just agricultural transition in North Africa
At the heart of any serious just transition programme for North Africa should be the goal of achieving autonomy, ending dependency, reducing poverty, and mitigating the effects of climate change and environmental degradation. Read here
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Jason Hickel – The Age of Imperialism is Not Over—But We Can End It
Capitalist accumulation has always depended on cheap labor and resources extracted from the Global South. To end this violence we need a post-capitalist transition—otherwise, as climate breakdown accelerates, the ceaseless search for profit will drive […]