Corruption
Andreas Sartzekis: Rail disaster in Greece: “Our dead, their profits”
This article on ‘International Viewpoint’ documents the dilapidated and privatised state of Greece’s railways. Read the article HERE.
Privatisation
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Océane Blavot, Rodolfo Bejarano, Mae Buenaventura: Down With Public-Private Partnerships. Up With a Future That Is Public
On the ‘Santiago Declaration for Public Services, an agreement signed by more than 200 organisations after a conference in Santiago de Chile of over 1000 people on the future of public services. Océane Blavot is […]
Austerity
Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai – Introducing the Geopolitical Economy Hour
In a new podcast, every fortnight economies Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson will discuss major developments in the fast-changing world of geopolitical economy. In this first podcast, they introduce the themes they will discuss and […]
Austerity
Danny Dorling – How austerity caused crisis in Britain’s national health service
The Health and Social Care Act of 2010 – privatisation by stealth – has been a slow-burn disaster for Britain’s National Health Service Danny Dorling is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford […]
Economics
Philip Cunliffe – Sovereignty and Industrial Relations
The relationship between Britain’s current strike wave and Brexit. Philip Cunliffe is Associate Professor of International Relations · UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR). He is also one of the founding editors of […]
Deregulation
Konrad Bleyer-Simon: Another Internet is Possible
How the internet became a tool for profit, and how to change it. Cross-posted from Green European Journal Few would dispute that the early years of the internet were promising. But exactly when those early […]
Economics
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Public Ownership Is About Democracy’
Public ownership isn’t just more effective, it’s more democratic – it’s time to take vital services like rail, mail, energy, and water out of the control of remote CEOs and unaccountable shareholders. Read Here
Deregulation
Michael Hudson – Oligopoly Unchecked
A long weekend read covering a lot of essential economic and political terrain. Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research […]
Finance
Phillip Cunliffe, Peter Ramsay – Whatever Happened to the National Interest?
British and European political elites no longer rely on the national interest to justify their policies or their rule because they no longer make any real claim to represent the nation. Philip Cunliffe is Associate […]
Economics
Chris Dillow – The cost-cutting error
This is such an important economic principle to understand. A must read. Chris Dillow is an economics writer at Investors Chronicle. He blogs at Stumbling and Mumbling, and is the author of New Labour and […]