Austerity
David Matthews: EU leaders desert research in Brussels budget showdown
Wasn’t this one of those wonderful things that Britain due to Brexit was supposedly losing out on? Read here
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
EU politics
Jonathon Shafi: SNP must put independence first and forget EU obsession
Slowly but surely the neo-liberal reality of the EU is sinking in: The ‘leave a light on’ sensibility evokes the EU as a moral force. But this forgets that it is above all else a […]
Deregulation
IATP – There’s Nothing “Mini” About the U.S. Plan to Unravel Europe’s Precautionary Principle
There are no policies or precautions that the neo-liberal EU hegemon Germany is not prepared to sacrifice to export its cars – or burn its lignite, export its carcinogenic pesticides, etc. The Institute for Agriculture […]
Climate Crisis
Jan Fichtner, Eelke Heemskerk, Johannes Petry – Three Financial Firms could change the Direction of the Climate Crisis – and Few People have any Idea
Dirty deeds done cheap. Mangulina Jan Fichtner, University of Amsterdam; Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam, and Johannes Petry, University of Warwick A silent revolution is happening in investing. It is a paradigm shift that will […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Japan national accounts – sales tax rise, growth collapses – as night follows day
Please also see Michael Roberts – Japan: Abenomics revisited Read here Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Francisco Diez. CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Climate Crisis
Daniela Gabor – The European Green Deal will bypass the poor and go straight to the rich
For all the talk of retraining Polish miners, this fund will most likely line the pockets of the carbon finance elites Read here
Austerity
Phil Leeke – The UK University Strike: Human all Too Human – a Rant, a Screed, and a Polemic
Today, 20 February, marks the beginning of a 14 day strike by 50,000 university staff at 74 campuses in Britain. Many friends and authors of this website will be participating. Our thoughts and solidarity are […]
Austerity
Michael Roberts – Japan: Abenomics revisited
A good analysis of the failings of the Japanese economy, which are becoming increasingly similar to those of other developed economies. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted […]
Austerity
Anna McKie: Employers refuse to back down on eve of UK university strikes
So, here we go again. Higher education is not a commodity. Nor are its workers. Read here
Austerity
Emma Clancy – Discipline and Punish: End of the Road for the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact?
The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), first enacted in 1997, has proven to be one of the most contested and controversial features of the Economic and Monetary Union, and the broader European Union (EU). Emma […]