30 December 2025
National Politics
Yanis Varoufakis – It’s mad to think Ukraine can win
Economics
Diane Coyle on fixing Britain’s economy
Diane speaks to openDemocracy about industrial strategy, universal basic infrastructure, moving beyond GDP, and how to build an economy that works for the 21st century.
Economics
Macro n Cheese: Bill Mitchell – Trade, Foreign Exchange and Modern Monetary Theory: A Field Guide
Listen here For non-economists to learn essentials such as the balance of payments, currency exchange, and trade between nations, presentation matters. The brilliant Bill Mitchell, as always, distills complex concepts in such a way that […]
The purpose of “sanctions” on an individual is to enable the State to inflict severe penalties on ordinary citizens without having to go through the procedure of specifying a crime, and having to present evidence to a court, which could be challenged, etc. The “rule of law” is eliminated. The politicians can punish you, me, or anyone at their whim.
It’s not just the EU; the UK has also “sanctioned” Graham Phillips, with no criminal charge.