Category: Economy
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Lessons From A Defeat In Europe
The Troika are celebrating the end of negotiations with Greece, proclaiming that thanks to their tireless efforts the Eurozone remains whole. And why wouldn’t they celebrate. They have demonstrated their … Keep reading »
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Progressives, Neoliberalism, and Austerity: Beyond the Polanyian Impasse
It is now sometimes hard to remember – and for the generation that is now in college and wasn’t necessarily reading the opinion pages at the time, it may seem … Keep reading »
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What Greece’s Creditors Should Know
In his recent article in Le Monde (31 May 2015), Greece’s PM, Alexis Tsipras, said that if Greece were to implement the (failed) austerity policy of technocrats and bankers, then … Keep reading »
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Record Profits, Record Stock Buybacks: Another Looming Crisis?
Has the economy recovered or is it about to sink into another crisis? Do the shenanigans in finance that we regularly read about play a role in developing a stronger … Keep reading »
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Polarizing Development: Introducing Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis
Taken from Polarizing Development: Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis (2015), edited by Lucia Pradella and Thomas Marois, Pluto Press. Available online at www.plutobooks.com. We thank Pluto Press for permission … Keep reading »
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Workers’ Struggles Against the Corporate Offensive
Vancouver — 28 April 2015. A Panel discussion of Continental Crucible with Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, Jim Sinclair and Richard Roman. Napoleón Gómez Urrutia is President and General Secretary of the … Watch video »
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Hard Talk
Syriza’s First Weeks in Power in Greece On January 25th, Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) formed a government in Greece with the help of the ANEL (Independent Greeks). Within 24 … Keep reading »
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Breakthrough in Greece? Austerity and Solidarity
Greece will hold parliamentary elections on January 25 and Syriza, the left-wing party which has consistently called for debt restructuring and an end to austerity, is leading the polls. The … Keep reading »
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SOS Alternatives to Capitalism
A discussion with Richard Swift Montreal Serai had the opportunity to discuss SOS: Alternatives to Capitalism – a handy, slim compendium of vital, essential thoughts and discussions on the concept of … Keep reading »
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Can We Defend Our Pensions Without Challenging Financialized Capitalism?
Unrelenting employer attacks on workplace based pension plans are intensifying, and the struggle to defend them is becoming more challenging right across the country. One recent development appears to be … Keep reading »
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‘Responsible Capitalism’ is Nonsense
The Left Must Offer a Real Alternative Ed Miliband’s challenge to “the manufactured, the polished, the presentational” practice of politics, where democracy is reduced to “showbiz, a game, who is up … Keep reading »
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Austerity Against Democracy: An Authoritarian Phase of Neoliberalism?
From its very beginnings, the new doctrine of neoliberalism was quite consciously set in opposition to socialism as an alternate economic and democratic order to capitalism and as an unyielding … Keep reading »