John Weeks comes to some interesting conclusions with regard to trade within the EU. Among those is that Germanys trade surplus has been influenced with austerity and the resulting slow growth in imports. The figures […]
This article is the first of several by John Weeks that will assess whether the European Union has achieved its founders’ stated goals of national and regional prosperity, convergence of development level across countries, and […]
How the EU brought the new italian government to power. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of London, and associate of Prime Economics Wikimedia Commons There seems some disagreement as to whether Nero played […]
It is extremely rare that anyone goes back and critically examines their original position concerning Brexit. John Weeks is one of the few who has the courage to do so, yet at the same time […]
The goal of the Progressive Economy Forum is “transforming the economic narrative in Britain”. The desolate wasteland concerning economics in Britain created by corporate media (and not just in Britain) needs a new narrative based […]
The British economy is not doing well in any sense. Many UK citizens lead an existential battle of survival. All this has been caused by austerity, which was a miracle solution to solve all economic […]
One of the most important victories of neo-liberalism was banning serious fiscal policy by democratically elected governments to deal with economic crises, relegating this power to monetary policy of purportedly independent, yet unelected, central banks. […]
Last week we cross-posted Richard Murphy’s critical blog concerning “Why Positive Money is Wrong” (read here). John Weeks sent us this elaboration on Richard Murphy’s article, looking at the issue of the 2% inflation target. […]
We asked John to give us a brief analysis concerning the election. This was his reply. Jeremy Corbyn and the portion of the Labour Party that he represents have to deal with a hostile media […]
John Weeks is one of the few Remainers, who seems capable of critical thinking with regard to Brexit and the EU. He reflects on a second referendum. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of […]
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