Before the law, all people should be equal. Thanks to EU austerity and neo-liberalism, laws too have become a commodity, which one can buy, as in the case of Golden Visas. This allows rich foreigners to buy residency in an EU member state, giving them all the advantages of citizenship. In Portugal, the Social Democrats (who else!) with the right wings parties, are giving this a new spin by creating the Green Visa (500,000 Euros per person).
Climate Crisis
Rupert Read, Émile P. Torres: Radical Longtermism and the Seduction of Endless Growth
A Critique of William MacAskill’s ‘What We Owe the Future’ Read HERE
Media
Owen Jones: If the BBC is politically neutral, how does it explain Andrew Neil?
One knows that there is a political re-awakening when institutions are being called into question and challenged. In the last weeks Britain’s left has been increasingly criticising the lack of political neutrality in the BBC, […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell – Claiming the European Union is close to full employment defies the meaning of language
While politicians continually want to claim that their nations or areas of responsibility are ‘close to full employment’ the data rarely bears out that assessment. And think of it this way – the mainstream economists […]
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