Heard this sort of thing before? Public libraries became an important element of the Commons and democracy. They too are to become commodities. See where that ends (click here) This article was such a bloody […]
This is the sort of predatory capitalism being promoted by the EU neo-liberalism. Utilities should be privatised as the private sector is “more efficient”. This is just half the story. In the end the state […]
If you have not yet read Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World by Thomas Fazi and Bill Mitchell – a book one should definitely read – then here is a […]
This was a long time coming, but finally this discourse has transceded the Greek borders. Read here
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. […]
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 […]
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
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
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, […]
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, […]
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