A Palestinian doctor in Gaza says he was tortured by Israeli forces during nearly seven weeks of detention. Said Abdulrahman Maarouf was a paediatrician at Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. He says he was blindfolded with his hands and legs shackled. Here’s his story in his own words.
Economics
Paul Tucker and Mark Blyth – Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State
Listen here Watch accompanying talk at the Watson Institute at Brown University: youtu.be/R-Dxrs7dj0w Central bankers have emerged from the financial crisis as the third great pillar of unelected power alongside the judiciary and the military. […]
Austerity
Steve Keen – Economic Stagnation in Italy under the Euro
This is the recorded talk I gave to Positive Money Italy (http://monetapositiva.blogspot.com/) on November 23rd 2018. I explain that excessive private credit caused the relative boom in Italy before the crisis, and the collapse in […]
Finance
New Economics Foundation – Universal Basic Income or Universal Basic Services?
Some people think universal basic income is a utopian impossibility. Others think it’s dangerous. So there’s a proposal for another solution: universal basic services. Instead of giving people money, why not guarantee all of the […]
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