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Thomas Fazi – The Eternal Return of “Technical Government” in Italy
If there is a country that epitomizes the perils of technopopulism, it is Italy Read here
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Brink Lindsey: The Dead End of Small Government
Intellectual framing of free markets and limited government appeals strongly to the rich, incumbent businesses, and those inclined to populist resentment – and not so much to anybody else Brink Lindsey is a vice president […]
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GPEnewsdocs – Richard Kozul-Wright: Post-COVID World Economy: Out of the Frying Pan… Into the Fire?
For sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 global economic shock, it is imperative to break from policy choices that produce concentration of economic power and wealth in a limited section of the economy but old habits […]
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Stuart Medina Miltimore – The battle for a progressive Europe: Next Generation or Lost Generation EU?
An informative presentation and lively discussion, with prominent Spanish MMT economist, activist and founder of RedMMT, Stuart Medina Miltimore, on the implications of MMT for the future of progressive reform for the nations of Europe […]
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Explica :Swiss reject in referendum the creation of an electronic identity card
Swiss voters today rejected a government proposal to create a unique electronic identity certificate that would allow access to different services over the internet, the issuance of which would be the responsibility not of the […]
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Bill Mitchell – The ‘disciplining role of markets’ should be replaced by the disciplining role of democracy
Capital through its lobbying power has also meant that there is now democratic deficits rising all around the world. So, we don’t even get to express our political choices on an even playing field. Read […]
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Thomas Fazi – Mario Draghi is the problem, not the solution
Why would the bodily incarnation of neoliberalism represent a solution to Italy’s woes? Thomas Fazi is a writer, journalist and translator. His latest book ‘Reclaiming the State’ is published by Pluto Press. This is an […]
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Michael Roberts – Ecuador: reversing the pandemic slump?
It never ceases to amaze us how academics and pundits cannot be effusive enough about radical changes in IMF policy – well at least the policy papers it publishes. Looking at Ecuador and Nigeria, in […]
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Perry Anderson – The Breakaway
Another outstanding article by Perry Anderson concerning the EU Read here
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Darren O’Byrne – Notes on the Current Crisis of Higher Education in the UK
COVID seems to be bringing out all the contradictions of neo-liberalism. Even in higher education. Darren O’Byrne is Reader in Sociology and Human Rights at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Roehampton Notes on […]