In this article, we want to ask the simple question of how Argentina’s central problem, extremely high inflation, is to be tackled by the “markets”. Thereby, we use the contrasting example of Turkey, which is also much (and wrongly) discussed in the media, to show why it is almost impossible to return to moderate inflation anywhere in the world using the orthodox means of monetary policy.
Economics
Dylan Sullivan, Jason Hickel -16 million and counting: the collateral damage of capital
Over the past 50 years, powerful states and corporations have imposed neoliberal policies around the world, delivering a potent cocktail of privatization, deregulation and cuts to public services. Millions have died from inadequate access to […]
Gig Economy
Rob Lucas – Unlearning Machines
A review of Matteo Pasquinelli’s new book, The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Aleksandar Matković – The Same Enemy Is Driving Protests Across the Balkans
‘In Serbia, the connivance between politicians and multinational capital has fed a sustained protest movement. Current protests in Albania, resisting a luxury development project backed by Jared Kushner, target a similar cronyish capitalism.’ In Jacobin. […]
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