Richard Murphy: The Debate on the Proper Role of the Bank of England, Continued
A discussion about the Bank of England raises questions about the role of central banks generally.
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Brexit: Chaos Visible
As businesses finally start telling the press they are worried about Brexit, the press is still not coming to grips with key issues.
Read more...Why Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis
Why framing the political struggle in Italy as mainstream versus populist shifts focus away from the most important issue, Eurozone reform, where the battle is mercantilists versus Keynesians.
Read more...Why Did Trump Win? Robots Are to Blame
Why robots, and not “bots,” may have been responsible for Trump’s win.
Read more...Mexican Business Elite, US Government, Brace for Likely Win by Leftist Obrador as Mexico’s President
What might a win in the July 1 presidential election by the charismatic, anti-neoliberal Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado mean for Mexico and the US?
Read more...Don Quijones: How the ECB Helped Spain “Recover” Faster than Italy from the Crisis
How “financial repression,” as in negative real interest rates, whacked Italy and boosted Spain.
Read more...Some Notes on Trump’s Trade War Threat
Some observations about the Trump-China spat.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis
How reforms by Argentina’s President Macri helped kick off a currency crisis.
Read more...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.
Read more...Can Locally-Owned Stores Save RadioShack?
RadioShack stores are coming back from the dead, um, bankruptcy.
Read more...Who Says Labor Laws Are “Luxuries”?
The World Bank and IMF say developing economies can’t afford to have strong labor laws. Actually, they can’t afford not to.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
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