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
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
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 […]
Austerity
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 […]
Deregulation
Film – The Spider´s Web
This is the English version. Watch the French language version – La Toile d’Araignée here Watch the Italian language version – La Tela del Ragno here Watch the Spanish language version – La Telerana here We […]
Austerity
John Weeks – Ending austerity: why public spending is key to building a stable and fair economy
John Gomez / Shutterstock John Weeks, SOAS, University of London The term “fiscal” comes from the Latin for “purse”. When it comes to fiscal policy – how the government manages the country’s budget […]
Austerity
Daniel Brett – Why Romania’s protests have failed to bring about real change
Romania has experienced large anti-government protests on multiple occasions in the last few years, most recently in August this year. Yet as Daniel Brett explains, the achievements of these protests have been modest and short-lived, […]
Deregulation
Saša Uhlová: If the Czech economy is thriving, why are we so poor?
It is no wonder that Eastern Europeans do not want any refugees in their nations. Many living in working poverty do not need competition to further depress their wages. The question of refugees in Eastern […]