Iceland’s Supreme Court Upholds Jail Sentences of Four Banking Executives
Filed under: Capitalism, Crisis, Europe Tagged: Financial crisis, Iceland
Crisis
Creditors forcing rapprochement within Syriza?
I’m starting to cautiously think that the Varoufakis and Lapavitsas “approaches” to the crisis might end up not too far away from each other even though the strategic direction they…
Los Indignados to Podemos
Filed under: Austerity, Crisis, Socialism, Southern Europe Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Political Eh-conomy Radio: the left in Greece and Poland
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/podcast-150123-poland-greece1.mp3 I’ve been visiting family in Poland for the past few weeks so, fittingly, this week’s podcast deals with the situation of the left at two opposite ends of the…
The Syriza Challenge in Greece
Filed under: Austerity, Crisis, Eurozone crisis, Greece, Socialism, Southern Europe Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Socialism, Syriza
Revealed: Bank of England disarray in the face of financial crisis | Business | The Guardian
Revealed: Bank of England disarray in the face of financial crisis | Business | The Guardian. The full extent of the Bank of England’s emergency action to prevent the collapse…
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Doug Henwood on US economics and politics
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/podcast-141114-doug-henwood.mp3 This week, it’s my great pleasure to present a feature interview with Doug Henwood — economic analyst, author of books including Wall Street and host of the wonderful Behind…
Corrupt Spanish politics faces shock therapy from an angry electorate | Miguel-Anxo Murado | Comment is free | The Guardian
Corrupt Spanish politics faces shock therapy from an angry electorate | Miguel-Anxo Murado | Comment is free | The Guardian. Being “between Pinto and Valdemoro” is an old Spanish saying…
Unions incensed after ‘surreal’ meeting – English – ANSA.it
Unions incensed after ‘surreal’ meeting – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, October 27 – The leaders of Italy’s four main labor union federations were incensed Monday after a meeting…
Germany needs ‘small miracle’ to avoid recession after exports fall by 5.8% | Business | The Guardian
Germany needs ‘small miracle’ to avoid recession after exports fall by 5.8% | Business | The Guardian. The fall in exports comes as sanctions between Russia and Europe and a…
Five charts that show Germany is heading into recession | Business | theguardian.com
Five charts that show Germany is heading into recession | Business | theguardian.com. Germany is on brink of recession Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Germany is on the brink of…
Front National wins seats in French senate for first time | World news | The Guardian
Front National wins seats in French senate for first time | World news | The Guardian. Marine le Pen hailed her party’s success as ‘an absolutely historic victory’ and a…
EU Advisors Advocate use of Military Against Strikes and Protests | Global Research
EU Advisors Advocate use of Military Against Strikes and Protests | Global Research. Experts at a European Union (EU) think-tank are demanding that the EU prepare to put down strikes…
Italy in period of stagnation – Istat – English – ANSA.it
Italy in period of stagnation – Istat – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, July 31 – Italy’s recovery from its longest postwar recession is turning out to be harder…
Youth unemployment reaches record high – English – ANSA.it
Youth unemployment reaches record high – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, July 31 – Unemployment among young Italians climbed last month to 43.7%, a level not seen in 37…
Social movements in Spain – 15M
Social movements in Spain – 15M. From Revolution News Many things have changed and we need to know how to read reality and celebrate our triumphs. The emergence of the…
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Updating the Global Slump with David McNally
Today I’m happy to present another in a series of feature interviews with outstanding Canadian political economists. In this segment my guest is David McNally — noted academic, activist and…
It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part II
It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part II. Thomas Fazi In the first part of this article I looked at the mounting evidence against austerity by organisations as…
Thomas Fazi: It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part I
Thomas Fazi: It’s Time To Stand Up To Troika Austerity Part I. In my book, The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent – and How We Can…
Capital, Labour, and the Eurozone Crisis
Most of the coverage regarding the Eurozone crisis has understandably focused on the politics of austerity. Less attention, however, has been paid to the longer term trends in the industrial…