A lasting, well-rooted leftism requires an understanding of forces such as these – of why capitalism does not work as we would wish it to. Moralizing is nowhere near enough. The problem is that there are pitifully few institutions that enhance understanding and several powerful ones that actively militate against it.
EU politics
Social Mobility Commission of the UK: Low pay and progression in the labour market
This – once again- puts paid to the claim that Jobs with low pay lead to well paid, permanent employment. Read here
Economics
Quinn Slobodian: «Aus neoliberaler Sicht geht es darum, dass die Demokratie nicht die ökonomische Ordnung beschädigen kann»
Der Historiker Quinn Slobodian hat «Globalisten» geschrieben, eine Geschichte des Neoliberalismus, die brandaktuell ist. Woher kommt der Begriff? Was sagt er aus? Und was haben SVP und AfD damit zu tun? Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The pandemic is demonstrating that we can resist neoliberalism
Pierre Bordieu considered the neoliberal era to be one of the significant retrenchments in our civilisation: … the failure of the state as the guardian of the public interest. Read here
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