The left-wing party’s embrace of austerity created the conditions for a parasitic and cruel oligarchy to return.
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Yanis Varoufakis: How Syriza’s capitulations allowed the Greek right to escape the dustbin of history
Deregulation
Simon Wren-Lewis: How Neoliberals weaponise the concept of an ideal market
Using Colin Crouch’s new book “Can Neoliberalism Be Saved From Itself” as a starting point, Wren-Lewis re-examines his own definition of neo-liberalism. He comes to the conclusion that neo-liberalism is the misuse of the ideal […]
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: Decreasing the size of the state is very unpopular
Why? Why have we been told for decades that people are fed up with state intervention and state run companies? It is not only the bubble politicians live in. Wren-Lewis fails to mention the integral […]
Economics
Dani Rodrik: Can Trade Agreements Be a Friend to Labor?
To date, labor clauses in trade agreements have remained a fig leaf, neither raising labor standards abroad nor protecting them at home. Real change would require a significantly different approach, including how trade agreements uphold […]
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