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Austerity
Jason Hickel: “It’s either degrowth for the rich or climate disaster”
To prevent climate breakdown rich countries need to consume less. Listen Here
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Economics
Steve Keen, Russel Quirk, Phil Dobbie: Just how sustainable are house prices?
Property expert Russell Quirk maintains that housing will always be a good investment and prices will, in the long run, always go up. Perhaps this year inflation will rise faster, so in real terms prices […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – “No one can win this war. A negotiated, just peace guaranteed by EU-US-Russia is the only sane strategy”
“The global South is not sanctioning Russia, not because they support Putin but because they’ve had enough of US government hypocrisy.” Watch Here
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Ukraine War: Europe Shackles Itself to America’s Reckless Foreign Policy
Two months into the war on Ukraine, why have Europeans allowed the US, which is of course not part of Europe, to dictate reckless policies against Russia over what are purely European issues? Is this […]
Economics
Citations Needed: Jason Hickel – The Neoliberal Optimism Industry
We’re told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof explained “Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History.” The same month, Harvard professor and Bill […]
Economics
tvo: Yanis Varoufakis – Looming Threats in the Global Economy
On the Ukranian war, Russia’s economy under neo-liberalism Watch Here
Economics
MMT Podcast – Fadhel Kaboub: Free Trade Isn’t Free: Food Sovereignty And Why It Matters
Patricia and Christian talk to economist and President of the Global Institute For Sustainable Prosperity Professor Fadhel Kaboub about how global food and energy systems have been fostered to benefit the global north at the […]
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Globalisation is failing
Richard Murphy on a number of topics concerning economics and politics in Britain, but as is often the case in political economy, much of it is applicable for most of Europe.
Aviation
Kevin Anderson – Timely responses to the climate emergency: what role for aviation?
A talk in our series “Economics beyond the Swabian hausfrau” Kevin’s talk begins at minute 5.
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