The World Bank’s ‘Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains’
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EU politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Dani Rodrik talks straight on trade
Wren-Lewis discusses Dani Rodrik’s new book “Straight talk on trade”. Read here
EU politics
Ulrike Guérot, Thomas Piketty, et al.: Democratising Europe begins with ECB nominations
Who runs Europe? The people? Not on your life. As a raft of renowned experts write, the new members of the European Central Bank, in the meantime a powerful institution, will be selected in secret […]
Finance
Bloomberg: The World’s Protesters Want to Soak the Rich, But That’s Not All
Expert on inequality says it’s not ‘blanket story’ for unrest Broken politics underlies it too, especially in Middle East Read here
Quote from this article ‘Since the 1980s there has bee a widespread rise in firms’ profits’. This does not seem to square with the falling profits contention of Michael Roberts, in his prediction of the next crash. Can someone please explain the apparent contradiction?