The IMF, which until the crisis of 2008 was the temple of orthodoxy, has begun a revision of those principles; at least in theory, because often the prescriptions have not moved away from the traditional […]
It sounds like the conservationist’s dream. But a return to traditional mixed farming ways could pay off for farmers too. Tim Radford, a founding editor of Climate News Network, worked for The Guardian for 32 […]
Another excellent, yet sobering analysis of the current state of the EU and euro area by Heikki Patomäki Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World Politics of the University of Helsinki. He is also a civic […]
We won’t get fooled again. Already the UK government is talking about massive new state debt. These do not exist. Thus there is no need for a new round of austerity. Richard Murphy explains. Richard […]
Providing credit is a risk. Why is it not treated so? Financial institutions that have speculated while lending simply lose their money like everyone else. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London […]
When a political class has utterly failed it tries to make a national virtue of this failure or, what is not mentioned here, find scapegoats to blame it on. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised […]
There are number of very good observations in this piece that are being completely ignored in Europe. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from Dean’s […]
Search and rescue activities have provided life-saving assistance to migrants in the Mediterranean, but they have also been portrayed by some actors in Europe as a ‘pull factor’ that encourages more migrants to attempt dangerous […]
Steve Keen is writing a book for Polity Press entitled The New Economics: A Manifesto. It has a long way to go, but this is the reasonably complete first chapter. It will surely be a […]
Many people might know Universal Basic Income (UBI), but fewer are familiar with Universal Basic Services (UBS), providing essential services according to need, not ability to pay. This is a collective alternative to the individualist […]
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