International institutions have allied with bond vigilantes to bludgeon Argentina into imposing policies that benefit investors and harm working people.
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Austerity
The Guardian: UK government warned over sharp rise in child and pensioner poverty
One in five of the population of the UK live in poverty – this includes 8 million working-age adults, 4 million children and 1.9 million pensioners. The not surprising news is that much worse is […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Inflation is not necessarily due to excessive spending
What a lot of people do not fully grasp. Inflation can be driven by administrative decisions and can be curtailed or restrained by varying those decisions. Read here Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic
Climate Crisis
Martha Myers: Amid rising climate catastrophes, why is the EU putting an oil man in charge?
European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has appointed former Shell employee Wopke Hoekstra as the new Climate Commissioner. Hoekstra’s “most noteworthy political achievement regarding climate is as a target of a parliamentary inquiry, where […]
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