Economics
Ann Pettifor – The money system & the false hope of UBI
‘Why a system of worklessness would fail both society and planet’. In Ann Pettifor’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Money
Economics
Eric Tymoigne – How the Taxpayer Myth Gives Life to the Neoliberal Agenda
The idea that the government is using “taxpayers’ money” when it spends limits spending options and marginalises sections of the population. Eric Tymoigne is an associate professor of economics at Lewis & Clark College and a […]
Economics
J. W. Mason – Taking Money Seriously
A long read but very perceptive on the relationship between money and material things, focusing on the role of interest rates. J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University […]
Finance
Michael Hudson – Seven Features of Ancient Enterprise
The changing context for enterprise through the centuries reminds us that business activities are not universal but fluid and alter according to society’s practical priorities and ethics. Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis: Who’s Afraid of Central Bank Digital Currencies?
Once upon a time, the greed of tobacco companies was channeled through libertarian outrage over the restriction of smokers’ freedom to choose cancer. Today, the outrage is serving the interests of bankers panicking at the […]
Economics
Steve Keen: How Central Banks are destroying the payments system that they are supposed to protect
Recording of economist Steve Keen’s BRAVE NEW EUROPE talk on 2 May 2023, in cooperation with Helle Panke and Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung.
Economics
Steve Keen: The Fractured Fairy Tales That Led To Today’s Banking Crisis
The only explanations for why Central Banks have not bought government bonds directly, and instead through the secondary market, are not based on logic or experience. Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for […]