So that was G-7, the summit par excellence, especially if you believe the media hype in the small countries that were represented there – with the seemingly big ones (you can find the extremely thin communiqué here). Those who are using their own brain come to quite different conclusions. But being critical is out in these times, mega-out even.
Economics
Claire Connelly: What the left can learn from Mont Pèlerin
The historian Philip Mirowski says the left lacks a compelling story about how markets work, and for too long has conceived of government and markets as separate entities. Read here
Austerity
Thomas Fazi: Jacques Delors destroyed the European Left
By the time the Delors Commission came to an end, in 1995, much of the groundwork for the techno-authoritarian and anti-democratic juggernaut that the EU would later become was laid — and, to a large […]
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, Tim Jackson, Daniel W. O’Neill, Juliet B. Schor, Peter A. Victor, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz: Degrowth can work – here’s how science can help
Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective. Read HERE
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