Deregulation
BBC – Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK
The UK Government seems cock-a-hoop for robo-taxis, despite the destructive consequences for jobs, congestion and potentially road safety. Read the article HERE.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Claudio Milano, Antonio Paulo Russo, Marina Novelli – The social movement against ‘touristification’ in Barcelona
Social movements against the tourist industry’s takeover of cities in Europe are on the rise. Claudio Milano is a Ramon y Cajal Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of […]
Austerity
Chris Dillow – Systems, not individuals
Not seeing the political/economic forest for the trees Chris Dillow is an economics writer at Investors Chronicle. He blogs at Stumbling and Mumbling, and is the author of New Labour and the End of Politics. […]
Austerity
Ann Pettifor: Balshazzar’s Feast, the US dollar and the ‘Invisible Hand’
Too little regulation, of too little government, of deregulation and lawlessness, amount to “the writing on the wall” for the empire that is the United States of America Read Article HERE
EU politics
Politico – EU and UK ink post-Brexit deal on security, fish and energy
Britain moves towards soft Brexit. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Aurelien – What We Have.
The new is dying, but the old cannot be reborn. What do we do? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack These essays have developed a reputation in some quarters for being pessimistic. That wasn’t the intention—I just […]
Deregulation
Antonia Ferri – The Battle on the Shores of Lake Garda
The towns and villages surrounding the north Italian lake have becoming overrun with tourists, pushing young people out and leading to resistance from locals. Antonia Ferri is a freelance journalist, who previously worked for the […]
Deregulation
Corporate Europe Observatory: Coded for Privileged Access – How Big Tech Weakens Rules on advanced AI
The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code. […]
Deregulation
Aurelien – The End?
There must be some way out of here … surely? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack A scene from Samuel Beckett’s Endgame The original idea behind these essays when I started them three years ago, was that […]
Finance
Hossein Zarei – What caused the crisis at British Steel?
Decades of neglect of the UK’s industrial base has led to a situation where the UK Government has had to step in to stop the last steel plant in the country from closing, but the […]