Heterodox
Da Micromega del 4 febbraio 2022 (versione inglese Brave New Europe) Il triste anniversario di Maastricht Sergio Cesaratto La flessibilità dei mercati e lo scioglimento dei lacci e lacciuoli sono stati gli strumenti giusti per la crescita economica dei Paesi europei? Il bilancio di tre decenni del Trattato di Maastricht e dei suoi precetti liberisti non è commendevole. E dovrebbe far riflettere tutti, specie a sinistra....
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Da Brave New Europe, 1 febbraio 2022Sergio Cesaratto – The anniversary of Maastricht: little to celebrate The Maastricht Treaty was signed on 9 February 1992. Thirty years later it is responsible for much suffering, inequality, and poverty within the fragile eurozone. Sergio Cesaratto teaches European monetary and fiscal policies at the University of Siena. He is author of Heterodox Challenges in Economics – Theoretical Issues and the Crisis of...
Read More »Michael Calderbank — Costas Lapavitsas: Socialism starts at home
Michael Calderbank speaks to Marxist economist Costas Lapavitsas ahead of the publication of his provocative new book The Left Case Against the EUCostas Lapavitsas The book is obviously a critique of the EU as it stands. It’s an assessment of where the union is, what it has become, and its likely direction. It is an attempt to say that the left should have nothing to do with defending this set of institutions. It should assume a critical, rejectionist position. I am asserting that this is...
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