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John Weeks – A Deal Foretold: Brexit runs its course

November 23, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

John Weeks has been continually analysing the development of Brexit since the referendum, which we have been posting. Here is his latest update. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African Studies, University […]

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Economics

John Weeks – Brexit Agreement: A Deal Between German Manufacturing and UK Finance Sectors

November 16, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Currently – actually it was always a problem – it is difficult to find anything terribly insightful concerning Brexit. John Weeks was always the exception. He simply follows the money, which very effective. He also […]

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Austerity

Jeremy Smith and John Weeks – EU’s dysfunctional fiscal rules empower the far right, both in Italy and elsewhere

November 1, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Prime Economics Co-Director Jeremy Smith and PEF Council member John Weeks analyse the “bar room budget-brawl” between the Italian government and the European Commission, and argue that the Commission’s wrong-footed response threatens to strengthen the […]

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John Weeks – Why the public debt should be treated as an asset

September 23, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Public debt is treated as a sin, the product of profligate government. To the contrary, the public debt is crucial to a good functioning economy. It has been around at the best of times and […]

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John Weeks – Ending austerity: why public spending is key to building a stable and fair economy

September 20, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

John Gomez / Shutterstock   John Weeks, SOAS, University of London   The term “fiscal” comes from the Latin for “purse”. When it comes to fiscal policy – how the government manages the country’s budget […]

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Economics

Johnna Montgomerie, Ann Pettifor, and John Weeks – Making another economic future possible: 100 policies to end austerity

September 11, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Progressive Economy Forum writes: “Our bold plan is to curate 100 Policies to End Austerity as a starting point for a better future. We will bring together contributions from economists and policy experts that articulate […]

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EU politics

John Weeks – Brexit in Real Time

August 22, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

John Weeks examines the alternatives for the Remain campaign and the vraious interests behind it. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of London, and Progressive Economy Forum Coordinator We at Brave New Europe don’t […]

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John Weeks – Free markets and the decline of democracy

July 26, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

What is the source of the 21st century tendency to authoritarianism? The central purpose of neoliberal re-regulation is to remove economic policy from control by representative democracy. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of […]

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John Weeks – Free Markets & the Decline of Democracy

July 10, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

John weeks explains how neo-liberalsim causes the rise of fascism. You can read this lecture here  

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John Weeks – EU degenerates: Immiserizing Growth

July 8, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

This article is the second  by John Weeks in his series “EU degenerates”. It assesses whether the European Union has achieved its founders’ stated goals of national and regional prosperity, convergence of development level across […]

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

January 15, 2026 0

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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