Economics
John Rapley – Getting Used to Terror
I posted this article two years ago, in the wake of a coordinated series of terrorist attacks in Paris. Re-reading it after yesterday’s attack in New York, it seems as relevant to me now as […]
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Economics
Michael Jacobs – Time for a paradigm shift?
The report of Institute for Public Policy Research makes the explicit case that the 2008 financial crisis and the failure of economic policy in the decade since marks an economic paradigm shift moment – of breakdown […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Ten arguments around Catalan independence
The reporting in the mainstream media regarding Catalan independence has become ossified: It is against the law and harms European unity. We at BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be bringing a broad range of articles with […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – Shell, BP Climate Disclosures ‘Just a Marketing Tool’ — Report
A report exposes a glaring discrepancy between Shell and BP’s public support for a low-carbon economy and their actual business planning By Kyla Mandel, Deputy Editor of DeSmog UK Cross-posted from DeSmog UK Two years after BP and Shell shareholders resoundingly […]
Economics
Leslie Huckfield – Procurement & the Third Sector
UK outsourcing or external procurement is huge and significant. “Just Another Paperclip,” a Report for the Business Services Association (the private outsourcers’ group) shows that “in 2014-15, UK government spent £242bn – almost one-third of […]
Deregulation
Renegade Inc: Michael Hudson – J is for Junk Economics
Michael Hudson on neo-classical economics and neo-liberalism. Watch here
Finance
Richard Murphy – The overthrow of unjust wealth is possible
Richard Murphy explains that while ending wealth distribution disparity may be a revolution, it need not be violent and can be achieved with a good dose of wealth taxation and a willingness to reject the […]
EU politics
Francis Weyzig – The Nasty Four must show their real colours
The Nasty Four are trying to shed their reputation as corporate tax havens, by removing harmful features and bringing their tax systems more in line with international standards. Yet there are worrying signs too. Francis Weyzig is […]
EU politics
Investigate Europe – Europe’s new reserve army
Millions of Europeans in temporary, part-time or bogus self-employed contracts can only find insecure and badly paid jobs, despite the healthy economic climate. That is the price of deregulating labour markets, Investigate Europe reports. This […]
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – Irish Government to be Taken to Court over Climate Change
This is an interesting step: A legal challenge against the Irish Government to force it to effectively to reduce Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions. By Kyla Mandel, Deputy Editor of DeSmog UK Cross-posted from DeSmog UK […]