EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis: Spain’s Crisis is Europe’s Opportunity
Published in Project Syndicate Yanis Varoufakis views the independence struggle of the Catalans from a European perpsective Read here
Solutions
EU politics
Tax Justice Network: How can we avoid another crisis?
In this video we hear fascinating presentations and discussion from an expert panel on how another global financial crisis can be avoided, ten years after the first. They focus on the UK, not only on […]
Food Production
George Monbiot: Goodbye – and good riddance – to livestock farming
From The Guardian Livestock production is the single largest driver of habitat loss. Grazing livestock are a fully automated system for ecological destruction. Animal farming looks as incompatible with a sustained future for humans and […]
Solutions
The Herald (Scotland): Scottish Government announces fracking ban
This is an important step for the Scots, but should not distract from the fact that they are and will be extracting massive amounts of oil from the North Sea. Read here
Austerity
Richard Murphy – It’s time for the left to promote its own pro-business agenda
According to Richard Murphy it is time to move on and leave bankrupt neo-liberalism behind. This however means defining progressive goals and the logic behind them. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political […]
Finance
Charles Adams: Science and technology are the greatest agents of collective human progress.
From Progressive Pulse The market does not drive productivity, so necessary to improving living standards. Investment in research and development leads to productivity gains, but as we know, money is not being invested in the real […]
EU politics
Guy Standing – Let us celebrate the 800th Anniversary of The Charter of the Forest
BRAVE NEW EUROPE continues its series of articles concerning the Commons with this contribution by Guy Standing. Guy Standing is an economist and professorial research associate at SOAS University of London. His most recent books […]
Finance
Bill Mitchell: Addressing claims that global financial markets are all powerful
Bill Mitchell explains the new United Nations Trade and Development Report 2017. He then offers his own analysis and solutions. Its a long read, but well worth the effort. Read here
EU politics
Richard Murphy: The public want nationalisation because nationalisation makes sense
Richard Murphy explains why nationalisation is not only an important step in repairing Britain’s ailing market, but something that most Britons want. Read here
EU politics
George Monbiot: Don’t let the rich get even richer on the assets we all share
From The Guardian There are four major economic sectors: the market, the state, the household and the commons. The neglect of the last two by both neoliberals and social democrats has created many of the […]