Economics
Sustainability
Energy
Luca Manes – A Toxic Dependency: Europe’s Growing Reliance on US Gas
Europe is increasingly dependent on American LNG, but what gets little discussed is the damage this LNG production is doing to the health of Americans and the environment they live in. Luca Manes is an Italian […]
Economics
Steve Keen – Things Fall Apart
“The centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world…” Steve Keen is an Australian economist and author. A post-Keynesian, he criticizes neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported. Cross-posted from Steve Keen’s […]
Energy
John K. White – Oil Wars: Speeding The Transition to Renewable Energy
The Iran war has proved that oil & gas markets are too volatile for the global economy to rely on, with a shift to renewables likely to be the long term outcome of the war, […]
Environment
Rick Steiner – War Is Hell for People and the Earth
We won’t stop environmental destruction unless we can bring an end to war. Rick Steiner is a conservation biologist in Anchorage and a retired professor of marine conservation with the University of Alaska. As founder […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – China: the 15th National Plan
The Chinese economy is the envy of the West Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Photo: Screen Grab The Chinese government is just […]
DeGrowth
Bill Mitchell: A successful degrowth strategy will require a massive redistribution of income and wealth towards the poorest
It is obvious that a successful degrowth strategy will require a massive redistribution of income and wealth. That means dismantling the neoliberal institutions that have overseen a massive shift towards higher income and wealth inequality. […]
Energy
Michael Roberts – Iran and the impact on the global economy
An energy price shock is very much a possibility, and Europe is not well-placed to cope with that. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ […]
Energy
Oil Wars: Interview with Rafael Ramírez
Very interesting interview with Venezuela’s former minister of energy about corporate power, geopolitics and oil. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Anger is driving people towards the far right. Only care and hope can bring them back.
What is currently occurring in the UK is happening in most Western nations. Here a good analysis of what has gone wrong and what now needs to be done. Richard Murphy is an economic justice […]