What do you think the UK government should be spending its international aid budget on? Vaccines? Dealing with climate change? Helping countries close tax loopholes? I’m guessing you didn’t say profit-making private schools. But unfortunately, that’s exactly what it has been doing.
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Turkey tells us nothing about MMT – but MMT tells us a lot about why Turkey is in trouble
When ever there is high inflation it is used as proof that Modern Monetary Theory is debunked. This is the case in Turkey. The real culprit is the neo-liberal policy of the IMF Read here
Corruption
El Pais: Spain modernizing Venezuelan tanks despite EU-wide arms embargo
As one sees there is no difference between the “centrist” corrupt Partido Popular and the “centrist” corrupt Social Democrats in Spain. This is pretty much true throughout most of Europe South of Scandinavia. Read here
Gig Economy
cnet: Amazon workers in Europe go on strike during Prime Day
It is encouraging to see workers in three EU nations (Poland, Spain, and Germany) going on strike simultaneously against the monopolist Amazon. Let us hope that workers from other countries will join in in the […]
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