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Bill Mitchell: The Interantional Monetary Fund hitman
Despite all the reports by economists that the IMF has learnt from its mistakes in Greece, this appears to be far from the truth. Read here
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Chris Bambery – Catalonia: “We are in jail for defending democratic values.”
On 1 December Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Turull went on hunger strike to protest against the Spanish Constitutional Court blocking their access to European justice. Chris Bambery visited Jordi Cuixart in prison this week. For […]
Climate Crisis
Sofía López, Bram De Botselier, Simon Schunz – The EU talks big on protecting the Arctic, but it continues to prioritise economic interests over the environment
The Arctic is one of the world’s most environmentally fragile regions, but it also offers substantial economic opportunities. This has led many states and companies with an interest in the region to promote a policy […]
Economics
Richard Murphy: We don’t need tax to fund the NHS, but we may increase taxes because we do
What Richard Murphy so aptly addresses is a gap in understanding within the British Left (the left of most other nations have no idea of this discussion) of a very simple, but crucial point concerning […]
EU politics
BRAVE NEW EUROPE Fundraising 2018
Calling all Remainers. There is a good chance you will get your mandate for a People’s Vote with an option to stay in the EU, and – big surprise for some – the majority might […]
EU politics
Angelos Chryssogelos – The European Parliament vote against Hungary underlined the EU’s flawed approach to safeguarding democracy
On 12 September, the European Parliament voted to pursue disciplinary action against Hungary for breaching the EU’s core values. Angelos Chryssogelos argues that although the vote has frequently been explained with reference to the internal […]
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BRAVE NEW EUROPE one year on
A romp through the archives of BRAVE NEW EUROPE month by month over its first year is a rewarding exercise. Not only is it a helpful reminder of the big issues of the day as […]
EU politics
Kathimerini – Greece: The long-run demographic consequences of the economic crisis
The Greek crisis imposed by the Troika, but before all by Germany, has not only decimated the economy, but also the population, as Bob Traa explains in this article. A smaller population means a smaller economy, […]
Economics
Phillip Inman: Household debt in UK ‘worse than at any time on record’
The classic question in economics is: If capitalists pay their workers too little, who is going to buy the capitalists’ products. Here is the answer. The same workers, who have to borrow from the banks, […]
EU politics
Antonio Lettieri – Migrants and the long night of Europe
Closing itself in a fortress, under the hegemony of the Franco-German axis, Europe is self-condemned to a progressive irrelevance in a world in which migration is a permanent feature of modern history. Antonio Lettieri is a […]