Austerity
Zoe Konstantopoulou: If you love Greece, help us get rid of Alexis Tsipras and his zombie party
This was a long time coming, but finally this discourse has transceded the Greek borders. Read here
Privatisation
Economics
Abby Innes: Why public sector outsourcing is less efficient than Soviet central planning
Since the 1990s, public sector outsourcing has evolved through competitive tendering, partnership working (particularly via Public Finance Initiatives), strategic-commissioning and prime-contracting. Each of these iterations has promised better public goods and services for less cost. […]
Deregulation
Alternatives Economiques – Air France, SNCF: the limits of the referendum
By Sandrine Foulon Cross-posted with kind permission from Alternatives Economiques Translated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE The 147,000 employees of the state-owned French railways, SNCF, have been called on by the trades unions including CGT, Sud […]
Austerity
Paul Mason: Neoliberalism is a real economic model – here’s how the left can overturn it
The replacement of a hyper-financialised system will require a radical reshaping of the state, new national and global institutions, and new treaties. Read here
Austerity
Chris Dillow: On neoliberalism
For further reading on the topic please also see today’s article “Yes, neoliberalism is a thing. Don’t let economists tell you otherwise” by Christine Berry. Read here
Deregulation
Christine Berry – Yes, neoliberalism is a thing. Don’t let economists tell you otherwise
BRAVE NEW EUROPE has posted a number of articles defining what neo-liberalism is. It is not difficult because it is abstract, but because it is so multifaceted. The shortest definition, which we know is “Deregulation, […]
Austerity
Owen Jones: Carillion is no one-off scandal. Neoliberalism will bring many more
Carillion was a British mulitnational facilities, services, and construction company, which primarily lived from the outsourcing of UK government contracts until is went dramatically went bust earlier this year with massive losses of public money, […]
Deregulation
The Guardian: East coast mainline to be temporarily renationalised
Privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost taxpayers and passengers billions of Pounds, thousands of jobs, not to mention the awful service. If this can be done with East Coast Mainline, why not with the other […]
Austerity
German Foreign Policy – Germany’s Social Democrats: Further bad news for Greece
The EU hegemon Germany is trying to ensure that no anti-neoliberal policies gain traction in the European Union. It brutally crushed Greece, damning much of its population to poverty, not only to protect its own […]
Deregulation
Heather Connolly – Macron’s railway reforms: the ultimate test for French trade unionism
Again another major strike being ignored in the corporate media. Like the UK University Strike, this too will have major repercussions in France. Heather Connolly is Associate Professor of Employment Relations, School of Business, University […]