The deep unfairness of the transition from communism in Central and Eastern Europe fed the illiberal populist rebellion across the region today.
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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 […]
Austerity
Frances Coppola: The terrible price of austerity
Was Hitler the product of austerity? In her blog Frances Coppola asks if austerity played an important role in Hitler’s rise to power. She comes to the conclusion that it did and warns: “Learn from […]
EU politics
International Adviser: EU targets US for tax haven blacklist
The US is one of the prime tax havens in the world. Tax dodging however has priority in neo-liberalism and the EU supports this. Thus there is little chance of anything changing. Read here
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