EU politics
Bill Mitchell: British legislation must be able to override EU law – that is what independence means
Let us be honest, the EU perpetually breaks rules, laws, and treaties. Bill Mitchell lists many of these. Read here
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Economics
Jonathan Portes vs Bill Mitchell – Are tax rises now inescapable?
Post-Covid, are taxes hikes essential to fund the future? Or should we abandon “deficit fetishism” and spend our way to prosperity? Read here Mural by Megan Wilson. Photo: victorgrigas / Wikimedia Commons
Economics
Bill Mitchell – US labour market improvement continues but there is still a long way to go
The US government should introduce substantial job creation policy initiatives. The current position of the US government has biased their stimulus spending towards the corporate sector and high income earners. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Tracing the roots of progressive views on the duty to work
Part 3 of a series. There are a number of interesting thoughts concerning a very divisive topic. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell – US Federal Reserve statement signals a new phase in the paradigm shift in macroeconomics
For macroeconomics, we might think of progress as occurring one crisis at a time Read here
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: British-EU disputes suggest the Tories are set to break away from the sordid Thatcher legacy
Some reflections on the current British-EU stand-off Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Tracing the roots of progressive views on the duty to work
Part 2 of a series. There are a number of interesting thoughts concerning a very divisive topic. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Latest data – largest quarterly output decline in recorded US history – but Europe is worse
Unfortunately mostly US and little Europe. But as the US is faring better than Europe it is still a bellwether and might provide some insights with regard to the EU. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Setting things straight about the Job Guarantee
The problem with MMT over decades was that it was being attacked mainly by people that had not even bothered to understand it, much less read the literature. We are experiencing the same thing with […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell – The Eurozone and its Current Political and Economic Crisis
Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau, July 14, 2020 The Eurozone was the product of a long struggle by neoliberals to reconfigure European states in order to redistribute income away from workers. Now the Union finds […]