Category Archives: Economic fundamentals

Some Notes on Trump’s Trade War Threat

Some observations about the Trump-China spat.

Yanis Varoufakis: Why Germany Neither Can Nor Should Pay More To Save the Eurozone

Why Germany is not the solution to the Eurozone’s woes.

Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe

The election of a right-wing, populist government in Italy exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals.

The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis

How reforms by Argentina’s President Macri helped kick off a currency crisis.

Bill Black: Democrats Should Reject Bernanke’s ‘Wily E. Coyote’ Criticism of Trump’s Deficits

Bernanke engages in a new episode of ideologically motivated economic prognostication.

Can Locally-Owned Stores Save RadioShack?

RadioShack stores are coming back from the dead, um, bankruptcy.

Italy Bars Landing of Ship With 629 Migrants as Finance Minister Takes Euro Exit, Parallel Currency Off Table

Why the self-styled reformist government in Italy is already looking like a paper tiger.

The Battle for Money Has Begun

Why the current fights over money, banking, and Modern Monetary Theory look like new ways to achieve bad neoliberal ends.

Worrying About the Deficit Is So 17th Century

Deficit hawks have been wrong for even longer than you thought.

Italy’s New Prime Minister Conte Says Euro Exit Off the Table, But Mr. Market Pouts About Spending Talk

Italy’s new government makes some opening moves.

Richard Murphy: Why the Swiss Referendum Proposal of Giving the Central Bank Complete Credit Control is Dangerous Folly

Correcting some misunderstanding about proposed monetary reforms that are the subject of a referendum this weekend.

Trade Wars: How Exposed Are EU States and Industries to the US?

Taking a more granular look at how a trade war with the US might hit the EU.

Brexit Becoming More Unpopular as Yet More Warts, Like VAT Administration, Come Into Focus

The latest Brexit updates aren’t very cheery.