CommonSpace editor Ben Wray looks at how climate activists should respond to the Yellow Vests movement in France, which has defeated attempts to impose taxes on fuel prices
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Austerity
The Irish Times: French police clash with protesters as ‘yellow vests’ return to the streets
Apparetnly the Yellow Vests are not disappearing. The question is who goes first: them or Macron? Read here
Economics
The Guardian: Ten points for a better Britain – Institute for Public Policy Research
These recommendations can be applied for most European nations. Read here
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen: Nordhaus can have his Nobel, but we shouldn’t let his theory gamble with humanity’s future
William Nordhaus’s Nobel Prize in Economics in 2018 “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” is safe. But the world isn’t. Read here
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