Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – The Economics of Climate Change
This was a very insightful interview with Kairin van Sweeden & William Thomson of Scotonomics, a YouTube channel that supports the campaign for an independent Scotland.
Steve Keen
Austerity
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie: Boris’ Healthcare Reform is Grossly Unjust and Economically Damaging
Whilst the UK still lumbers under high COVID infection rates, and the economic recovery stalls, with GDP growth now at a trickle, the government wants to raise taxes. Even if you believed it was a […]
Austerity
ReSolve Riffs with Steve Keen on MMT, Limits to Growth, and Climate Accounting
Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience & Security, UCL
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen, Simon Michaux, Phil Dobbie: The mineral supply crisis that’s rarely talked about
We’ve talked about the climate change crisis on the Debunking Economics podcast, but there’s a broader issue we all face, highlighted in the Club of Rome back in 1972. We are chewing up resources faster […]
Economics
Odd Lots – Steve Keen Says Economists Get Everything Wrong (Especially About Climate Change)
Mainstream economics has come under attack lately. People have begun questioning its understanding of things like inflation, monetary policy, deficits, and how best to get out of a downturn. Steve Keen, an independent renegade economist, […]
EU politics
Steve Keen – Free Julian Assange
Today begins #AssangeWeek in the week running up to Julian’s 50th birthday. BRAVE NEW EUROPE would like to help kick this off with a piece by the fellow Australian, progressive thinker, and renowned economist Steve […]
Economics
Steve Keen – What is the role of public debt and private debt in the next great financial crisis?
“Basically, we need to be smarter than the banks, because by letting them become the “Masters of the Universe” in the last 40 years, they have made fools of us.” Steve Keen is a Distinguished […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – Do central banks only help the rich?
This pandemic has been massive amounts spent by governments, and a chunk of that government debt is being bought by central banks. But with central banks buying up government bonds, whilst maintaining low interest rates, […]
Economics
Steve Keen – Reducing Debt via a Modern Debt Jubilee
As global debt inexorably increases due to COVID and many people can no longer pay their debts or are being forced to take out new ones, is it time to wipe the slate clean? Steve […]
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen: The future is carbon coin
With alternative coins flourishing and Central Banks designing their own digital currencies, there is a potential hard-backed currency which cannot be ignored: carbon. Using carbon to back a global currency would redistribute wealth, incentivize low […]