The victory of the right-wing candidate George Simion in the first round of Romania’s rerun presidential election has been celebrated by some on the right as a populist victory. By this account, the EU- and NATO-aligned forces that overturned the country’s previous election in November have failed to turn back the growing backlash against the establishment. But a deeper analysis suggests a more complex and troubling picture.
Economics
Steven Hall: Why have wages been allowed to stagnate?
There are many reasons for stagnant wages but the most salient was the sell out by the leftist parties, in Europe the Social Democrats. Read here
Climate Crisis
Reuters: Campaigners begin legal fight against EU green investment rules
While the EU Parliament acts as if they are going to do something about this issue – actually they never do anything except cost EU citizens billions – NGOs will be trying the courts. Read […]
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – The appallingly bad neoclassical economics of climate change
Steve’s paper exposing the dreadful work on climate change done by William Nordhaus (and his band of like-simpleminded Neoclassical economists) has now been published by the journal Globalizations. The link is here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1807856
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