Climate Crisis
Thomas Piketty: The age of green money
Could the Covid-19 crisis accelerate the adoption of a new, more equitable and more sustainable development model? The answer is yes, but under certain conditions. Read here
Solutions
Aviation
Asbjørn Wahl – A Red-Green New Deal in Transport: Workers’ Power + Renewable Electrification of the Whole Economy
The EU”s transport sector is like most businesses run contrary to existing laws and regulations, but lack of control and enforcement makes it possible to operate on the side of the law (if the US […]
Economics
Steve Keen – Corona Crisis: A debt jubilee – the only real answer?
Companies and governments are racking up massive debts to cope with the impact of COVID-19. Apart from grants for a month or two of partial salaries, the approach has largely been to extend easy short-term […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Corona Crisis: Mass Unemployment Is a Failure of Capitalism
While unemployment serves capitalism, it does not well serve society. Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs […]
Aviation
Business Traveller: Air France told not to compete with the TGV
This is something that should be happening everywhere in Europe. But not only cutting back flights, but all domestic flights.. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Why the Stock Market is Rising even though that Should Appear to Make no Sense
One of the apparent oddities of the current crisis is the fact that stock exchanges have not fallen as far as might be expected. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City […]
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – EU loses over $27 Billion in Corporate Tax a Year to UK, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Netherlands
The EU has avoided dealing with tax avoidance in its service to international corporations increasing inequality. The Tax Justice Network is an independent international network whose core mission is to ‘change the weather’ on a […]
Economics
Frances Coppola – Doing “Whatever It Takes”
How to finance the current economic crisis. Frances Coppola is the author of the Coppola Comment finance and economics blog, which is a regular feature on the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog and has been cited in The […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – What Comes After Capitalism?
Free market capitalism died over a 100 years ago and gave way to monopoly capitalism. Monopoly capitalism is now not even able to reproduce itself, let alone sustain the planet, common decency etc. But what […]
Corruption
Joe Stiglitz, Arjun Jayadev, Achal Prabhala – Patents vs. the Pandemic
With the COVID-19 death toll rising, we should question the wisdom and morality of an IP system that silently condemns millions of human beings to suffering and death every year. Joe Stiglitz is Co-Chair, Commission […]