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
Heiner Flassbeck – The supply shock that is a demand shock
At the end of September, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner gave a remarkable diagnosis of the state of the German economy in a name article in Der Spiegel. He wrote: “In the Corona crisis we […]
Economics
Steven Hall: Why have wages been allowed to stagnate?
There are many reasons for stagnant wages but the most salient was the sell out by the leftist parties, in Europe the Social Democrats. Read here
Finance
Johan Alfonsson et al – How Gig Capitalism Came to Thrive in Nordic Labour Markets
‘Platform companies haven’t overthrown Nordic labor institutions. But they have navigated around them, growing by exploiting the Nordic model’s uneven and conditional protections.’ In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
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