Berlin continues to double down on Ukraine, earmarking nearly more than $8 billion for the war in its just-passed budget. While the domestic situation implodes, and the government and media smear anyone – political parties, farmers, strikers – who opposes the direction Berlin is taking the country. And that list is growing.
Economics
Bill Mitchell: ECB estimates suggest meeting current challenges will be impossible within fiscal rule space
While the ECB paper does not exactly state the obvious the meaning is clear – even to get within a ballpark of what is required will require substantial austerity being imposed on areas of expenditure […]
Geopolitics
Larry C. Johnson: Donald Trump, Not Barack Obama, is Responsible for Ukraine’s Dramatic Military expansion between 2011 and 2021
Donald Trump is fond of blaming Barack Obama and Joe Biden for the debacle in Ukraine, but he is wrong. A major share of the blame also lies with Donald Trump because he oversaw the […]
Economics
Larry Elliot: Think our governments can no longer control capitalism? You’ve been duped
In reality there has been a class war, in which the right has spent decades using the state to undermine workers. We can fight back Read here
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