There is nothing more contentious than immigration, it seems. In the UK there’s a swathe of the population that don’t like foreigners very much, unless they are serving them fish and chips in Torremolinos. Others will deny being xenophobic but argue that Britain is full and there’s no room for anybody else. A more rationale argument might be that too much immigration happening too quickly can have societal and economic impacts – but what is too much and too quickly?
Economics
Steve Keen: Margin Debt at Levels Not Seen Since the Peak of the Roaring Twenties Mania – and Falling
The role of margin debt in the current stockmarket fall. Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience & Security, UCL Cross-posted from Steve’s Blog “I fancy that over-confidence seldom does any […]
Austerity
Kate Pickett – Mental health effects of inequality
Kate Pickett joins Politics Theory Other to discuss her new book – co-authored with Richard Wilkinson – The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-being, the follow up […]
National Politics
Jeremy Corbyn: Why I OPPOSE Vaccine Mandates, COVID Passports & Big Pharma – And why that doesn’t make me Anti-Vax
What? A politician can talk about the pandemic and vaccination and still behave like an intelligent adult?
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