Economics
Ann Pettifor: Inflation, Volcker and Déjà Vu
The insanity of doing the same thing over and over again. From Ann Pettifor’s substack. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Economics
“Not growing but thriving”: The Beginning of a Paradigm Shift – interview w/ Kate Raworth
Economist Kate Raworth, author of ‘Doughnut Economics’, talks prosperity beyond growth. Cross-posted from the Green European Journal How would you define prosperity? Kate Raworth: When Tim Jackson wrote Prosperity Without Growth, he pointed out that prosperity means prospero or […]
Economics
Steve Keen: How Central Banks are destroying the payments system that they are supposed to protect
Recording of economist Steve Keen’s BRAVE NEW EUROPE talk on 2 May 2023, in cooperation with Helle Panke and Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung.
EU politics
Jordi Schröder Bosch: Beware of the lags
The European Central Bank has raised interest rates again, despite the alarming signs that a financial crisis is looming. Jordi Schröder Bosch is a researcher at Positive Money Europe. Cross-posted from Positive Money Europe Prices […]
Economics
Alice Kinghorn-Gray, Ben Wray – Are we heading to war with China? W/ Ho-Fung Hong
In the last year, simmering tensions between the west and China have threatened to erupt. The standoff over Taiwan, and the struggle for control of the South China Sea, are only one flashpoint. Alice Konghorn-Gray […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: QE and the bond bubble
Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last month because there was a run on the bank and they didn’t have the assets to cover their customers deposits. They were trading insolvent, in other words, even though they […]
Economics
Cédric Durand: Crisis in slow motion?
Durand writes in Sidecar about the meaning of the latest crisis of global finance. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Michael Roberts – Banking crisis: is it all over?
An overview of where we are up to with the banking crisis, which may have years still to run Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ […]
Economics
Steve Keen: The Fractured Fairy Tales That Led To Today’s Banking Crisis
The only explanations for why Central Banks have not bought government bonds directly, and instead through the secondary market, are not based on logic or experience. Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: Bank busts and regulation
Stocks have rebounded, but this banking crisis is only just getting started – and the prominent solutions on offer to solve it are all inadequate Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and […]