A decade of austerity shredded public services and left millions of workers on the brink. It would be hard to imagine a policy more destructive to our capacity to respond to the coronavirus crisis.
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Solutions
Aditya Chakrabortty: The shopping centre where the currency is hope
This is the latest in Aditya Chakrabortty’s series of alternatives to a capitalist economy in practice. Read here
EU politics
The Intercept: Leaked Reports Show EU Police Are Planning a Pan-European Network of Facial Recognition Databases
If state terrorism has become de rigueur in the EU, then this is of no surprise. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: US labour market data – we have never been here before!
This is one of those all-time historical events that make the severe crises of the past (early 1980s, 1990s, GFC – look like blips). Read here
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