Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Philip Berger and Lisa Simon discuss the health and social benefits of a guaranteed annual income: At the community level, poverty also has…
austerity
Yanis Varoufakis: bailout deal allows Greek oligarchs to maintain grip | Business | The Guardian
Yanis Varoufakis: bailout deal allows Greek oligarchs to maintain grip | Business | The Guardian. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece
Would an NDP win mean the end of Canada?
Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate professor of Economics – Laurentian University Founding co-Editor – Review of Keynesian Economics Follow him on Twitter – @Lprochon This story from the CBC on August 14,…
Swapping one mirage for another: the Left’s turn away from social Europe
Swapping one mirage for another: the Left’s turn away from social Europe. Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis
Harper has the worst economic record in history
Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon Mr. Harper and the Conservatives never miss an opportunity of reminding Canadians that we…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Crawford Kilian reviews Tom Mulcair’s Strength of Conviction and describes what we can expect out of an NDP federal government as a result:…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Christos Tsiolkas talks to Yanis Varoufakis about the Troika’s appalling contempt for Greek democracy. And Barbara Ehrenreich laments the fact that only well-off…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robert Reich describes how U.S. voters are rejecting the concept of a ruling class from both the left and the right –…
Harper’s economics and geocentrism
Harper’s economics and geocentrism Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics What a month it’s been. While the first half of 2015 has not been kind…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Frank Pasquale and Siva Vainhyanathan write that we shouldn’t mistake schemes intended to get around employee standards and other laws for innovations worth…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tavia Grant is the latest to note that the potential for driverless vehicles necessitates some consideration as to how to account for people…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses how Greece has been turned into a sacrificial lamb at the altar of austerian economics: Austerity is largely to…
Where is Canada’s mild Keynesian alternative?
You know something is up when the social democrats are trailing the centrist pundits on the economy. The space for a just a mild Keynesian alternative in Canada is wide…
Where is Canada’s mild Keynesian alternative?
You know something is up when the social democrats are trailing the centrist pundits on the economy. The space for a just a mild Keynesian alternative in Canada is wide…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Greg Keenan exposes how corporations are demanding perpetually more from municipalities while refusing to contribute their fair share of taxes to fund…
Why Greece’s ritual humiliation won’t kill off Europe’s revolutionary Left – Telegraph
Why Greece’s ritual humiliation won’t kill off Europe’s revolutionary Left – Telegraph. Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, European left, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
“Can ‘people over profits’ become a reality in Greece?”
This is the full transcript of my podcast interview with John Milios; it appeared earlier this week in Jacobin. John is a prominent figure within Syriza; he was the party’s…
“Can ‘people over profits’ become a reality in Greece?”
This is the full transcript of my podcast interview with John Milios; it appeared earlier this week in Jacobin. John is a prominent figure within Syriza; he was the party’s…
Euros discarded as impoverished Greeks resort to bartering | World news | The Guardian
Euros discarded as impoverished Greeks resort to bartering | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Eurozone crisis, Greece Tagged: Austerity, Eurozon Crisis, Greece
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Anna Leventhal warns against the danger that even the best-intentioned of charity drives might be seen as replacing the need for social supports:…