The setbacks for centrist parties in the European elections showed that the EU’s crisis is anything but over. Yet the Left’s lack of strategy and identity has hobbled its ability to provide an alternative.
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Corruption
George Monbiot: Secret coronavirus contracts awarded in UK without competition
Deals worth billions have been granted by a UK government willing to brazen out disgrace until outrage subsides. Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts: Modern Monetary Theory – Part 1: Chartalism and Marx
BRAVE NEW EUROPE has been covering Modern Monetary Theory. Here an analysis from a Marxist standpoint. By the way, there is an interesting Modern Monetary Conference in Berlin on 1 and 2 February: see here […]
Finance
Dani Rodrik: Let’s roll back the hyper-globalization rules of the WTO
Globalization went from being a means for national economic prosperity to becoming the end — with national domestic priorities having to adjust to globalization’s needs instead of vice versa. Read here
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