I urge you to watch this YouTube mini documentary (30 minutes). If that is too long, watch just the segment from 10:30 -12:00 (1.30 minutes). Jeffrey D. Sachs – Understanding the Ukraine conflict – Brave New Europe Every German should watch this before voting in the February election (and every European should watch in advance […]

This is an unprecedented and dangerous move.

“The cemeteries are full of indispensable people.” In one form or another, this observation has been made many times over the last century or more. What is true of people is true of nations. In the past 25 years or so it was often claimed (and , admittedly, often denied) that, in the modern world, the United States was the “indispensable nation”. Whatever the rights and wrong of this claim, it has become obvious that, whether we like it or not, the rest of the world will now have to...

I was interviewed by Max Jerneck for his podcast, and he alerted me to this figure (see below), which apparently come from the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala, that has made the rounds, and has been used by right-wing think tanks. If you were to believe this, real wages fell after Milei's assumption. This is obviously sheer ignorance, or, more likely, an attempt to misinform and create doubts about the real effects of his policies. I had read a recent report by Centro de...

Podcasts What’s new in the fight for workers’ rights Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by Kate Bell By Ayeisha Thomas-Smith 31 January 2025 Do you work from home? Then you’re probably not doing proper work, and you’re causing the UK’s economic...

Publications Forecasting a better future The case for a 'bucket approach' to fiscal multipliers and more By Dominic Caddick, Chaitanya Kumar 31 January 2025 Download the report...

With so many other countries going to crypto, wouldn’t it be ironic if the euro turns out to be the most stable currency? 

To the co-authors of “Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries,” published in The Lancet Planetary Health:Thank you so much for the valuable work you have all done surveying the field of post-growth research. In the conclusion of your article, you observe "...we still know little about the politics that could make post-growth transitions possible in reality." I would like to address that issue here. While I don't presume to have all the answers, I believe I can help...

Publications A blueprint for warmer homes How to deliver a retrofit revolution By Chaitanya Kumar, Christian Jaccarini, Paulo Yunda 30 January 2025 Download the report...

A judge blocked, but only temporarily. This could be big and impactful.