The chancellor and his ministers want to win new friends in order to be prepared for the disputes that are on the Western agenda because of the “rivalry” with China and Russia. But those who want to win new friends should know why friendship has not been so far.
Economics
George Monbiot: The UK government wants to put a price on nature – but that will destroy it
The Tories eeclared they were preparing a new, robust environmental policy. The result is the usual neo-liberal rubbish. Everything is reduced to its monetary value. Whoever still has a connection with nature knows this is […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Trickle down. Remember that. The evidence base continue to reject the notion as a scam
Trickle down. Remember that? This was the idea that if we redirect real income towards capital by boosting profits via real wage suppression and/or corporate tax cuts, as if by magic, corporations will start investing […]
EU politics
David Graeber: The Center Blows Itself Up: Care and Spite in the ‘Brexit Election’
Maybe not the most focussed piece by David Graeber, but there are many interesting elements, so worth reading. Sad is that after writing “Most of the new, young Labour activists had enough experience with genuine […]
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