The global economy is consuming 100 billion tonnes of materials a year for the first time ever, but the cycling rate of resources has gone into reverse.
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Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Either the Eurozone as we know it is dead or Italy goes out – latest research
Research finds that if the technocrats start forcing Italy into austerity measures via a return to the Excessive Deficit Mechanism (and enforcement of the Stability and Growth Pact fiscal rules) then the majority of Italians […]
EU politics
Danny Dorling: Peak inequality
The gap between the very rich and the rest is wider in Britain than in any other large country in Europe, and society is the most unequal it has been since shortly after the First […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell – External border closures in Australia reduced the unemployment rate by around 2.7 points
This is a much debated question and there is little empirical evidence, as made possible due to the unusual circumstances. Read Here Photo: flickr licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
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