Economics
Bill Mitchell: The so-called euro stability spawned banking system that caused havoc
A very interesting analyses of the role of the EU and European banks in the Great Financial Crisis. Read here
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Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Greece “neither thrived nor struggled” – the financial press alt world
One thing has not changed during 2018: the neo-liberal propaganda of European state and commerical media. Read here
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – More Brexit nonsense from the pro-European dreamers
Do not be fooled by the title. This is actually an analysis of the EU, debunking the glowing articles appearing in state and corporate media, as well as those guided by sentimental symbolism instead of […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The Job Guarantee is more than a Green New Deal job creation policy
Yes, Bill Mitchell´s articles are lengthy. Even if one may not agree, his arguments are always enlightening. And yes, we do read them attentively from beginning to end. “A Just Transition framework is very complicated […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: When two original MMT developers get together to discuss their work
Bill Mitchell/Warren Mosler provide a great primer on Modern Monetary Theory, and a reminder of 25 years of thinking/observation that’s gone into what’s become a precise body of work. Read here
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Greek austerity – a denial of basic human rights, penalty should be imprisonment
In Greece, the Troika led by Germany violated the very essence of humanity – our ability to eat and survive. Read here
Uncategorized
Bill Mitchell: The Interantional Monetary Fund hitman
Despite all the reports by economists that the IMF has learnt from its mistakes in Greece, this appears to be far from the truth. Read here
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: Franco-German ‘agreement’ is another European dead-end
The EU is not really going anywhere. Even the Germans have realised this. Their hubris has destroyed the project. For them the EU was simply a question of everyone doing what they told them to […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The ‘fiscal contraction expansion’ lie lives on – now playing in Italy – Part 2
It will be madness if Italy bows to the pressure from the European Commission and the IMF and its related bullies like Blanchard and Co. and engages in more fiscal austerity. Italy is on the […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The ‘fiscal contraction expansion’ lie lives on – now playing in Italy – Part 1
“Pathetic was the first word that came to mind when I read this article – The Italian Budget: A Case of Contractionary Fiscal Expansion? – written by Olivier Blanchard and Jeromin Zettlemeyer, from the Peter […]