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John Weeks – A Deal Foretold: Brexit runs its course

November 23, 2018 MDRose 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 MDRose 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 MDRose 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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Economics

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

September 23, 2018 MDRose 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 MDRose 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 MDRose 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 MDRose 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 MDRose 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 MDRose 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 MDRose 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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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, and Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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