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Austerity

The Left Case Against the EU by Costas Lapavitsas

November 4, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose Do you have a feeling something is going seriously wrong in the EU with the rise of neo-fascism, inequality, and power of corporations, but cannot quite put your finger […]

Economics

Corporate Human Rights Violations by Stéfanie Khoury and David Whyte

October 24, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose The term “human rights” has a positive connotation: inalienable rights for everyone, regardless of location, religion, ethnicity or any other qualities. There is one clear anomaly in this system: […]

Economics

The Finance Curse by Nicholas Shaxson

October 15, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by David Shirreff The problem outlined in this book has deep roots and it shows no signs of going away. The “finance curse” pervades many Western economies, from tiny tax havens to big […]

Finance

The Globalization Backlash by Colin Crouch

September 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book Review by David Shirreff The reaction of ordinary people to globalization gets the blame for many upsets including, for example, the surprise election of Donald Trump in America in 2015, and Britain’s “Brexit” vote […]

Economics

General Theory of the Precariat: Great Recession, Revolution, Reaction by Alex Foti

September 10, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Alessio Kolioulis Alex Foti is a veteran of the autonomous movement living in Milan. In the late 1990s, he was among the thousands of ‘no-global’ activists who built a Europe-wide network against […]

Economics

Bullshit Jobs, A theory – by David Graeber

August 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by David Shirreff   “I would like this book to be an arrow aimed at the heart of our civilisation.” So writes David Graeber in his preface to Bullshit Jobs, A Theory. David […]

Corruption

The Political Economy of Italy’s Decline by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela

August 21, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose Andrea Capussela has a tale to tell – and he does it well. This book could not have appeared at a more opportune moment as it seeks to illuminate […]

Economics

Saving Britain by Will Hutton and Andrew Adonis

July 26, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by David Shirreff This is a passionate, well-argued plea for a European Britain, written by two avowedly socialist Remainers. They will not accept the standard disqualifier: that the EU is a collection of […]

Economics

EuroTragedy – A Drama in Nine Acts by Ashoka Mody

July 10, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by David Shirreff There’s an old proverb: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Ashoka Mody, a former IMF economist, and visiting professor at Princeton, tells the tragic tale of how […]

Economics

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth

June 25, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Branko Milanovic My first Summer book to read and review is Kate Raworth’s very successful “Doughnut economics: Seven ways to think like the 21st-century economist”. It is an ambitious book whose objective […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

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Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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