Finance
Politico – European carmakers in crossfire of US-EU trade war
German automanufacturers are facing the perfect storm – falling behind China technologically, and having their access to the US market reduced. Read the article HERE.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
Taking Back Control? – States and State Systems After Globalism by Wolfgang Streeck
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose It is difficult to believe that it is just over thirty years since the establishment of the unipolar world under the US, the end of history, and the victory […]
Economics
Bob Hancké: Walking around in circles – will the Eurozone soon face another crisis?
The structural imbalances inherent to the Eurozone have not gone away. Bob Hancké is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Managing Director of the Political Economy consultancy […]
Finance
Heinrich Neuhaus – Germany: Alstom, staff cuts, closures, relocation
More signs of Germany de-industrialising, leaving thousands of workers in search of decent jobs. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the full article HERE.
Deregulation
Gary Fooks – The ‘forever chemicals’ lobby is spreading disinformation and the EU is eating it up
A huge campaign by the corporate chemicals lobby is seeking to convince the EU not to place restrictions on ‘forever chemicals’ which could cost €2 trillion to clean-up. Gary Fooks is Professor in Criminology at […]
Austerity
Politico – EU goes easy on France’s Bayrou as he tries to plug €53B black hole
Yet more evidence that the EU’s ‘budget rules’ are wholly political – when it’s government’s Brussels doesn’t like, they are iron-clad, when it’s government’s Brussels does like, they are broad guidelines. Read the article HERE.
Deregulation
Open letter to Ursula von der Leyen on European Commission’s deregulation plans
This letter from NGOs and unions comes ahead of the announcement of the European Commission’s ‘Competitiveness Compass’, which is widely expected to involve the roll-back of social and environmental regulations. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe We, […]
Corruption
Robin McAlpine – Change the story, change the future
The authoritarian neo-liberal political class together with state and corporate media bombard us daily with the same old lie: CAPITALISM IS GOOD FOR US. It is good for the wealthiest 10%, but it is destructive […]
Deregulation
Dean Baker – How Democrats Betrayed the Working Class
US workers were sytematically lied to by the democrats, who served corporate interests. Policies will be even worse under the Republicans Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research […]
Corruption
Branko Milanović – “To the Finland Station”
We have reached the end of globalism and Hayekian neo-liberalism. What comes after? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That […]