Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The destruction of Greece – the slow-burn decline of a nation
It appears that Alexis Tsirpas`s socialists have become true social democrats. Read here
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Austerity
Adam Standring – Towards a post-crisis moral political economy?
Recent calls for economic justice, and particularly intergenerational justice, suggest a new post-crisis moral political economy could be emerging Adam Standring is a PhD student at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Cross-posted from the […]
Austerity
Stathis Kouvelakis & Costas Lapavitsas: Syriza’s Repressive Turn
Alexis Tsipras’s government promised to end austerity. Now it’s defending the banks against people evicted from their homes — and persecuting those who protest. Read here
EU politics
Defend Democracy Press: The Plundering of Greece: Now the Creditors (EU, ECB, IMF) steal even Museums and Monuments
Historical Monuments and Museums are transferred to Greece’s Privatization Fund. Read here Is the Parthenon next?
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Austerity is the wrong prescription for the world’s wellbeing
Findings about the impact of a course of heavy-duty cuts on life expectancy make grim reading Read here
Deregulation
Quinn Slobodian/Mark Blyth – Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
Mark Blyth interviews Quinn Slobodian. Neoliberals hate the state. Or do they? In the first intellectual history [www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674979529] of neoliberal globalism, Quinn Slobodian follows a group of thinkers from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire […]
Austerity
Sergio Cesaratto: Interview – Will Italy destroy the Eurozone?
“Europe’s problem is the German élite’s mindset, informed by a mercantilist model that insists on domestic wage and fiscal moderation.” Read here
Austerity
Antonio Lettieri – The year that could shock Europe
The new political framework in Italy must be linked to the general collapse of the center-left parties in Europe. And to the eurozone crisis. Antonio Lettieri is Editor of Insight and President of CISS – Center for International Social Studies […]
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Yanis Varoufakis – 2008 and the International New Deal we need for the post-2018 world
This was Yanis Varoufakis´s keynote address at the OECD on 14 September. Although a long read, it is a good analysis of the past, present, and what could be the future. Yanis Varoufakis is co-founder […]
Austerity
Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian – Neoliberalism’s New World Order
Begins at about 16:00. Join Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for a special discussion on neoliberalism, globalization, and the future of democracy Adam Tooze will be holding talks in Berlin on 28 […]