Economics
Larry Elliot: ‘The establishment is trying to keep us in the EU’
The Guardian’s Larry Elliott on why we need a clean break from Brussels. Read here
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Climate Change
George Monbiot: As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown
Our politicians, under the influence of big business, have failed us. As they take the planet to the brink, it’s time for disruptive, nonviolent disobedience Read here
Economics
Ashoka Mody: The IMF keeps making the same mistakes with its economic forecasts
IMF’s ‘Groundhog Day’ thinking means it is still too upbeat about global growth Read here
EU politics
Catalan News: Flanders hits back after Spain withdraws delegate’s diplomatic status
The Spanish government seems to have many problems with human rights – when it is not the human rights of corporations (yes, they too have human rights in the EU, probably stronger than those for citizens). […]
Economics
George H. Blackford: Economists Should Stop Defending Milton Friedman’s Pseudo-science
On the pseudo-scientific nature of Friedman’s “as if” methodology Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: A summary of my meeting with John McDonnell in London
This is one of the most fascinating articles we have posted for some time. It is a one-sided recollection of an event, so one has to be careful, but it is in keeping with much […]
Economics
Steve Keen: Ricardo’s Vice and the Virtues of Industrial Diversity
Debunking a typical economist error of composition: specialization may be good for you, but not for us. Complex diversity wins. Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts: Keynes part 2 – internationalist or nationalist?
Was Keynes the great internationalist who aimed to make capitalism a stable system through macro management on a world scale? Read here
Economics
Aditya Chakrabortty: Britain fell for a neoliberal con trick – even the IMF says so
Who says that trickle down does not work?. For almost two years progressive economist have been hammering away that although governments have debts, they also have assets. Translated, you may have a mortgage of 100,000 […]
EU politics
Catalan News: One year on, pro-independence activists remain in pre-trial jail
Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were the first of nine Catalan leaders to be sent to prison by Spanish courts Read here