Economics
Larry Elliot: Corbyn’s Build it in Britain plan isn’t radical – it’s what other countries do
‘Value for money’ for public contracts is a colossal failure. Labour’s leader is right: the state should support manufacturing Read here
Larry Elliot
Austerity
Larry Elliot: The right sees opportunity in a crisis. Why can’t the left?
The liberal Remainers have come up with no ideas, no analyses concerning changing the conditions that caused Brexit. They just want to have things as they were. They are militantly agitating for this. That is […]
Economics
Larry Elliot: Italy’s policies make sense – it’s eurozone rules that are absurd
“William Hague once described the euro as a burning building with no exits, and the experience of Italy over the past 20 years has proved that the then Conservative party leader was absolutely right.” Read […]
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Some praise our gig economy flexibility. I call it exploitation
While Silicon Valley cannot praise the gig economy enough as a great opportunity, they forget to add that it is a great opportunity for them to earn money, not the workers. Read here
Economics
Larry Elliot: Could Donald Trump’s lone ranger approach provide the silver bullet?
This could become truly embarrassing. First Donald Trump sank TTIP, saving Europeans from their own corrupt political elite. Now Larry Elliot raises the question if the world trade system has been so manipulated in the […]
Austerity
Larry Elliot: People want homes, jobs, a future: no wonder they distrust capitalism now
“State control over the people replaced state control over the economy as the focus of policy”. This is what we mean when we refer to the EU government and the governments of the member states […]
Corruption
Larry Elliot: Is it time to break up the tech giants such as Facebook?
The United States has been promoting monopolies for decades. This has been supported by a perversion of free market economics: monopolies provide cheaper prices and thus benefit consumers. Maybe at the till, but what about […]
EU politics
Larry Elliot: A perfect economic storm made Italy ripe for a protest vote
Larry Elliot explains what conditions have lead to the whing to the right in Italy. In the end it reduces everything to one word: Eurozone. Read here
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Brexit: why the UK economy hasn’t led to buyer’s remorse
Are 51,9 % of Britains neo-fascist berks? Or did those who voted for Brexit have political and economics reasons for doing so? Remainers seem not to be posing this salient question: “Remain’s proponents have spent […]
Economics
Larry Elliot: Heretics welcome! Economics needs a new Reformation
Larry Elliot, who took part in the event, explains the importance of the 33 Theses for an Economics Reformation proposed by economics academics and students in London last week. Read here