The May ’68 Movement was the start of a historical period of considerable reduction in social inequalities in France which ran out of steam later for quite different reasons.
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Thomas Piketty: May 1968 and inequality
Economics
Bill Mitchell: IMF changes tune on industry policy – shamelessly – Part 2
In Part 1, I introduced the discussion about the use of industry policies in the Keynesian period after World War 2. Most nations adopted a mixed planning-market based system for allocating productive resources and the […]
Corruption
European Environmental Bureau: EU rejects scientific advice to dodge cancer warning after “unprecedented” lobbying
You can be excused for thinking that all the EU does is further the interests of transnational corporations at the expense of tis citzens. Fact is, that is what they do. Read here
Economics
Ann Pettifor: The indefatigable efforts of J. M. Keynes
Ann Pettifor argues that a failure to recognize the economist’s work guarantees further crises Read here
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