Deregulation. Infinite growth. Self-correcting markets. All are hallmarks of neoliberal thinking. But they’re more than just assumptions about the economy. They undergird much of the most influential thinking about governance right now, and dominate political and economic thinking everywhere. The results, according to some, have been disastrous. Investigative journalist Bruce Livesey asks four experts about the...
Read More »Deciphering Geo-Political Games
Professor Michael Hudson discusses the globalisation fallout as new trading blocs distance themselves from US dollar denominated trade. Will the US be able to maintain its imperialist tendencies in light of these trends? How much further can the rentiers push their free-for-all? The show finishes with an overview of Michael’s new book ‘And forgive them our debts’. Show notes and subscribe.
Read More »Scenes from the Spider’s Web
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Read More »The Lehman’s Limp
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Read More »Wiping the Debt Slate Clean
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Read More »How should the Left approach Europe? Interviewed, along Manuel Bompard, by Jacobin (France)
The European Parliament elections will be a major battleground that the neofascist forces of the emergent Nationalist International (Salvini, Kurz, Orban, AfD, CSU, parts of the CDU, and of course figures like Donald Trump and Steve Bannon) will contest enthusiastically. DiEM25 and our EUROPEAN SPRING are determined to confront them on the basis of a radical europeanist agenda, building a Progressive...
Read More »Democracy, Socialism, Europe and Scottish Independence – four clips on STV
[embedded content] [embedded content] PART 1 – WHY SOCIALISM? Interviewer: You are meeting with Jeremy Corbyn to discuss socialism. Why? Varoufakis: Because democracy needs a healthy democratic socialist movement to be part of the political process in order to be healthy [embedded content] PART 2 – REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL [embedded content] PART 3 – DEMOCRATS MUST GET TOGETHER ACROSS PARTY...
Read More »Socialism, Populism, Nationalism and Scottish Independence – interviewed on Scottish TV
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Read More »Greece was never bailed out and remains in debtor’s prison – Bild Zeitung interview
BILD meets Yanis Varoufakis – the man who was THE symbol of the Greek left-wing government’s resistance against the targets set by the bailout troika for the broke state of Greece. We met the professor of economics – who co-founded left-wing movement DiEM25 – in his summer house in the mountains of the sunny island of Aegina. BILD: Mr. Varoufakis, Greece went broke ten years ago. Where does Greece stand now,...
Read More »Der Spiegel – Verdammt zu 60 Jahren Entwürdingung
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