Book review by David Shirreff Robert Skidelsky, acclaimed biographer of Keynes, anatomises an economic and monetary landscape that could be fertile ground for a Keynesian revival There is something seriously wrong with classic economic […]
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 […]
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 […]
By David Shirreff If you are in Edinburgh sometime this August, try to see this play. Whether you’re a Brexiteer or Remainer it will make you think. Apart from being very entertaining it manages to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today Switzerland is holding a referendum concerning banking and the creation of money. BRAVE NEW EUROPE is posting two contrary articles in response to a piece in the Financial Times by MartinWolf on the topic […]
We have been very sparing in our coverage of Brexit, as we felt most articles were based upon speculation, not facts. In the past week more tangible information has become available, so we thought we […]
Book review by David Shirreff This is a rather defeatist book, as the title suggests. Through a number of slightly repetitive articles it traces the sad and unrelenting loss of popular support among the social […]
Book review by David Shirreff A good title does not guarantee a good book, and this one is good only in parts. Everyone would love to know where and when the next crisis will come, […]
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