The World Bank’s ‘Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains’
Read here
EU politics
The National: Spanish consul ‘sacked’ after letter about indy Scotland in the EU
The EU is becoming a parody of itself. Read here Nicola Sturgeon with Miguel Angel Vecino Quintana, who was dismissed from his post after the letter appeared in The National Photo: The National
Climate Crisis
The Guardian: Global food system is broken, say world’s science academies
Radical overhaul in farming and consumption, with less meat eating, needed to avoid hunger and climate catastrophe Read here
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Helping the left behind: its (economic) geography, stupid
The growing divide since the 1980s is about the fortunes of large cities compared to smaller units. But the economic theory behind that dynamic can also be used to help those left behind. 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?