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Robin McAlpine – Is ‘disaster capitalism’ why no-one is taking Scotland’s economic crisis seriously?

September 3, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Many of you are probably wondering why BRAVE NEW EUROPE keeps posting these articles about Scotland? Who cares about Scotland, it is not even a nation? The reason is that Scotland is a microcosm of […]

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Robin McAlpine – Resilience Economics

June 5, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Probably the most potent and impressive European social movement is in Scotland being organised by a progressive Scottish think-tank “Common Weal”. Its response to Coronacrisis. Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think tank […]

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Robin McAlpine – Progress Needs the State, but the State Must Progress

May 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

We have so many analyses on BRAVE NEW EUROPE, but no author dissects the reality of failing democracy in the EU better than Robin McAlpine and offering solid solutions to boot. Just substitute the name […]

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Robin McAlpine: ‘Green New Deal’ and ‘Green Deal’ are Opposites – We have to Choose

May 20, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

My perennial criticism of the Left is that it manages to be correct on high-level principles but bad at actually fighting the fight. As chatter about ‘afterwards’ grows and grows, it is even more important […]

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Robin McAlpine – Liberal Democracy has Failed because it has Abandoned Democracy

May 5, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This has to be the best and most thorough micro-analysis of the failings of Liberal Democracy. Just replace Scotland with the name of your nation, do the same with the names, organisations, etc, substituting with […]

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Robin McAlpine: After this Crisis, our Lives and Economy can be Better – If We have Principles

April 10, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is the direction we should be thinking in. What comes after? If we do not know, it will be the same old neo-liberalism. An important weekend read. Robin McAlpine is the director of the […]

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Robin McAlpine – When People say the Coronavirus has Changed the World, This is What they Mean

March 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

It is time to drop all those lovely neo-liberal illusions. The coronavirus has returned us to reality. Let’s remain there. It’s a good place to be. Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish think […]

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Robin McAlpine: This is how Scotland’s Economy can Survive the Coronavirus

March 18, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

An economic plan NOW is every bit as important as an epidemic plan. “Already it is absolutely clear that economic orthodoxy is not even at the races in producing one – because economic orthodoxy is […]

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Robin McAlpine: The Koalas will Burn until you say ‘Enough’

January 16, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

In our first brilliant weekend read (the second is here) Common Weal director Robin McAlpine argues that the global climate crisis won’t be solved until we start to apply local solutions Robin McAlpine is the […]

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Robin McAlpine: The Independence Movement’s Biggest Battle is Against Denial

January 12, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Ashes on our heads. Due to all the major events in Europe of the past months we have ignored the Scottish Independence Movement. It is already knocking at the door. Do not underestimate it. The […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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