In English there is the beautiful expression of the “elephant in the room”, which is very big, but seemingly not discovered by anyone. People talk about all kinds of things that are in the room, only the elephant does not appear. Even if in a china store with an elephant – to use a German elephant image – the cups just tumble off the walls, people tend to believe in an earthquake rather than in the role of the elephant.
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Actions by our governments are the opposite to what we require from them on climate change
While mainstream economists regularly appear in the media decrying fiscal deficits as vehicles to undermine the future of our children and grandchildren, which then leads governments to follow austerity paths for political gain, the climate […]
EU politics
Thomas Fazi: The European Union Is an Antidemocratic Disgrace
The European Parliament elections start today. But the body itself is an insult against democracy that exists only to rubber-stamp neo-liberal rule. Read here
Climate Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis: The West’s Wasted Crisis
A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame. Read here
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