Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Governments are now in an ideological bind
The EU is a system that survives because the key institutions break the law – to the advantage of neo-liberal interests. Read here
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – The Eurozone is Grappling with Crisis, Class war & the North-South Divide
An interview with Yanis Varoufakis concerning the current crisis of the Eurozone. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. […]
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: How hard is it for the government to create some jobs?
The – Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights – for the UN was released this week (July 7, 2020). It was Philip Alston’s last report in that role. It is […]
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose – The Phoney Recovery
The economic recovery is progressing really well in the EU – if you believe the EU political class and mainstream media. It isn’t. And with a lack or leadership and competence there is a rude […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Britain: Wishing for a V-shape Recovery
The political class in Europe is so bound up in its neo-liberal ideology that it has no idea of what to do to recover from the current recession. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the […]
Austerity
Manolo Monereo – Spain’s Left-Wing Coalition on the Ropes
Spain’s coalition between PSOE and Unidas Podemos gambled on rowing back austerity measures in a period of relative calm – but now, facing a historic recession, its forces find themselves increasingly at odds. Read here
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis – Europe’s Recovery Fund: An Instrument of Class War against Weaker Europeans everywhere
Yanis Varoufakis on the current crisis and class war in the EU. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. […]
Austerity
Emma Clancy – Greenwashing Austerity
This is what many voters will discover: European Green parties are more interested in a place at the political trough than in radical environmental of social policy. Emma Clancy works as an advisor for Martin […]
Economics
Miquel Vila Moreno – The Need for Grassroot Nationalism
The ruptures provoked by globalisation has prompted a nationalist revival in the early 21st Century. Miquel Vila is an activist in the Catalan pro-independence movement, and a political scientist specialised in International Relations In 2019, […]
Corruption
Cities Versus Multinationals: Who will Win our Post-Covid Future?
Municipalities and social movements have gained new energy from the crisis. Can they win against corporates set on tightening their grip on power? By Observatori del Deute en la Globalització (ODG), Observatoire des Multinationales Transnational […]