EU politics
Grace Blakeley: The dark side of the UK’s jobs boom
A financialised economy and weak trade unions mean record employment has done little to increase workers’ pay. Read here
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Austerity
Grace Blakeley – How the unresolved eurozone crisis endangers us all
Germany’s commitment to austerity and its refusal to support fundamental reform of the euro is recklessly complacent. Read here
EU politics
Grace Blakeley – Why the left should champion Brexit
The EU’s institutions are an innate obstacle to building a socialist economy. Read here
Economics
Grace Blakeley -Why 70 per cent tax rates would require capital controls
To avoid economic blackmail by the markets, any socialist government would need to impose limits on the movement of money by investors. Read here
Economics
Grace Blakeley: Another Europe is Unlikely: Why Socialist Transformation Won’t Happen Within the EU
Another Europe isn’t impossible, but it won’t come about until the EU has collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. Until then, a socialist government trying to deliver a radical agenda from within the […]
Economics
Grace Blakeley: A post-Brexit economy must aid the losers of financial globalisation
Rather than chastising pro-Leave citizens for “voting against their interests”, the UK’s political class should mend a broken system. Read here