Branko Milanovic – 1½ Adam Smiths
The belief that Adam Smith was an unqualified supporter of the free market, anti-labor and pro-capitalist, or was always in favor of small government is just so much at odds with his writings that one […]
The belief that Adam Smith was an unqualified supporter of the free market, anti-labor and pro-capitalist, or was always in favor of small government is just so much at odds with his writings that one […]
We have been posting a number of articles concerning the rise of the Radical Right in Scandinavia in an attmept to provide some insights. Roberto Iacono is an associate professor in economics and social policy […]
The new political framework in Italy must be linked to the general collapse of the center-left parties in Europe. And to the eurozone crisis. Antonio Lettieri is Editor of Insight and President of CISS – Center for International Social Studies […]
This was Yanis Varoufakis´s keynote address at the OECD on 14 September. Although a long read, it is a good analysis of the past, present, and what could be the future. Yanis Varoufakis is co-founder […]
John Gomez / Shutterstock John Weeks, SOAS, University of London The term “fiscal” comes from the Latin for “purse”. When it comes to fiscal policy – how the government manages the country’s budget […]
Despite their responsibility for the 2008 crash, the financial sector has successfully avoided major reform in the decade since. Their army of lobbyists has won almost all the major battles, leaving new legislation full of […]
Breaking free. blocberr / Shutterstock Johnna Montgomerie, King’s College London The UK economy is based on an overlapping set of dependencies on private debt – of financial institutions (as a major profit centre), of households […]
Romania has experienced large anti-government protests on multiple occasions in the last few years, most recently in August this year. Yet as Daniel Brett explains, the achievements of these protests have been modest and short-lived, […]
There is so much abstract reporting about tax havens, that they become solely financial entities. But there are people who live there and tax havens have an effect – a negative one as we read […]
“A new distribution system is needed. Real wages will not rise by much, full-time well-paying jobs will not become the norm, the precariat will continue to grow. Progressives should stop pretending marginal adjustments would rectify […]
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