The reasons why inequality damages society can be formally broken down into three groups: instrumental reasons having to do with economic growth, reasons of fairness, and reasons of politics. Branko Milanovic is an economist specialised […]
It is not that we are football fans, but we do feel we are Europeans – a feeling for which Eric Cantona gives a resonant voice. Eric Cantona is a French actor and former professional […]
Corporations seem to dominate the UN, like everything else, these days. For a similar case with regard to human rights and corporation at the UN, please see our review of the book “Corporate Human Rights […]
The TUAC addresses the dangers of OECD basing policy on pre-crisis concepts (NAIRU etc and illusory inflation scares), in a post-crisis world of ever-rising private debt. OECD are forced to recommend co-ord fiscal expansion in […]
Most developed nations are capable of using their own currency to pay for exports, thus having a better chance of managing its debt in foreign currencies. This is not true of developing nations according to […]
The financialisation of food and agriculture, and the impacts that this has on the global food system. By Merisa Thompson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield Professor Jennifer Clapp, Canada Research Chair […]
There has been a storm of criticism concerning the Italian government’s plan to increase the deficit, which in fact would be good policy. What is problematic is the type of measures and, above all, the […]
We admit this is a very long read, but it does explain very well the property crash in Spain, the corruption in Spanish banks, and how they too capitalised on the crisis to increase their […]
There is probably no economic fallacy that is so difficult to correct than that of Swabian hausfrau economics (you can only spend what you have -although Swabians are fanatical homeowners, most of which are financed […]
Jeffrey Summers analyses the recent elections in Latvia. His fazit: The chief lessons from Latvia’s election are that ethnic Russians have not taken over. Their main political party remained stable and saw its support slightly […]
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