Austerity
Michele Barbero – France Is Deep in Debt but Failing to Tax the Superrich
Is a wealth tax the answer to Macron’s budget crisis? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
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C.J. Polychroniou – Neoliberalism in France Receives a New Blow as Yet Another Government Falls
The French people don’t want more neoliberal remedies and there is no parliamentary majority for them, but Macron has nothing else to offer – something has to give. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist […]
Austerity
Krzysztof Katkowski – In Poland, Austerity Targets Ukrainian Refugees
‘Polish president Karol Nawrocki is shutting off welfare benefits for Ukrainians in Poland. Earlier welcomed as refugees, Ukrainians are now pushed into a role as second-class guestworkers in their host country.’ In Jacobin. Read the […]
Austerity
DW News: German welfare state ‘can no longer be financed’ — Merz
The shift from welfare state to warfare state is in full motion. Read the article HERE.
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Camilla Locatelli and Vanessa Endrejat – EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity
EU fiscal rules are presented as objective but they are in fact extremely political, and are much easier for Germany to get round than weaker EU states. Dr Camilla Locatelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher at […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Argentina: anarcho capitalism to austerity
Argentina under ‘anarcho-capitalist’ Javier Milei is going back to the IMF, having arrested hyper-inflation through massive austerity. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog […]
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Politico – EU goes easy on France’s Bayrou as he tries to plug €53B black hole
Yet more evidence that the EU’s ‘budget rules’ are wholly political – when it’s government’s Brussels doesn’t like, they are iron-clad, when it’s government’s Brussels does like, they are broad guidelines. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Danny Dorling – Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today
The growth in child poverty in the UK is horrendous and without comparison among advanced economies. Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. Cross-posted from The Conversation Children’s lives […]
Austerity
Yonatan Berman, Tora Hovland – The cost of austerity: How UK public spending cuts led to 190,000 excess deaths
When will politicians learn that austerity kills? Yonatan Berman is a Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute […]
EU politics
Politico – France and Italy denounced by European Commission for overspending
Austerity is back, just in time for the French election. Read the article HERE.