It´s a funny old world indeed. How did anyone think of this – as if politicians did not have anything better to do. Still, a good article with a number of good points about meinstream economics.
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Austerity
The Independent: Reject austerity to defeat populism, Portugal’s socialist prime minister António Costa tells EU
Portugal has abandoned austerity – maybe not in a radical manner – but even then the nation’s citizens and economy are faring much better than it ever did under austerity. Read here
EU politics
Maurizio Molinari: Italy’s battle with Brussels is about more than money
The unlikely coalition running Italy has one thing that unites it – hostility to the EU Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The lame progressive obsession with meaningless aggregates
“It continues to amaze me how lame some progressive politicians are. They think it is clever to skewer the conservatives on matters pertaining to deficits or public debt ratios. But the reality is that all […]
Small issue: my name is “John T. Harvey,” not “David.” David Harvey is a well-known Marxist, but he ain’t me!
Thanks!
John
We sincerely apologise. Yes, we know David Harvey very well, which might explain the mistake, but is still no excuse. It has been corrected. Nonetheless an excellent article no matter who wrote it. Thank you.