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Carlos Rodríguez Expósito – A Taxi Driver, a Corrupt Spanish Political Class, and International Finance

May 26, 2020 MDRose 0

To understand Coronavirus crisis in Spain, it is essential to understand its history of endemic corruption, in this case of public services, that is driven by politicians guided by Spain’s large financial interests (banks and […]

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Robin McAlpine: ‘Green New Deal’ and ‘Green Deal’ are Opposites – We have to Choose

May 20, 2020 MDRose 0

My perennial criticism of the Left is that it manages to be correct on high-level principles but bad at actually fighting the fight. As chatter about ‘afterwards’ grows and grows, it is even more important […]

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Dean Baker – The Sure Way to End Concerns About China’s “Theft” of a Corona Vaccine: Make it Open

May 19, 2020 MDRose 0

Once again, it is a question of profit over human lives. And as usual, profits come first. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from Dean […]

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Lynn Parramore – Think Big Pharma Won’t Profiteer in the Race to Treat Coronavirus? Think Again

May 5, 2020 MDRose 0

Evidence shows pharmaceutical companies won’t stop price-gouging and risking American lives for financial gain in this time of crises – unless we force them. Lynn Parramore is Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for New […]

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George Packer – USA: We Are Living in a Failed State

May 4, 2020 MDRose 0

This is a powerful piece, which might make some people view the EU in its true condition: a failed union. Read here

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Ben Wray: Care Homes a Privatisation Story

April 22, 2020 David 0

The surprising number of coronavirus deaths in Scottish care homes conceals a greater scandal about the hollowing out of the the UK National Health Service. The 1996 privatisation of care homes was described by Allyson […]

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Austerity

Carolina Alves, Farwa Sial – COVID-19: How the UK’s Economic Model Contributes toward a Mismanagement of the Crisis

March 31, 2020 MDRose 0

The current model of capitalism and its response to crisis is not only inadequate, it continues to fail in protecting the most vulnerable and assuring safety for households. Carolina Alves is Joan Robinson Research Fellow […]

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Emma Clancy – Austerity Kills: EU Commission Demanded Cuts to Public Healthcare Spending 63 Times from 2011-2018

March 29, 2020 MDRose 0

The truth is that these things always end up being caused by EU neo-liberal policy, although they receive support from the various national governments, who like the EU politicians and technocrats, want to collect the […]

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David Shirreff – Corona Crisis: To Nationalise…Or Not

March 26, 2020 David 0

The Corona crisis means many core industries would have sunk without government help – a great opportunity perhaps to force a change of corporate governance and in some cases ownership too. David Shirreff is a […]

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Michael Roberts – Coronavirus: Lockdown!

March 26, 2020 MDRose 0

Over the last 30 years, public health systems in Europe have been decimated and privatised. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog According to […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, and Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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