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Marshall Auerback
We Won’t Have a Truly Global Economy Until People Start Taxing It That Way
30 Jun 2020
Reconstructing our tax system is an integral part of future national industrial policy as we restart the economy.
Justin Podur
Policing Is Irrelevant for Public Safety—Here Are Some Alternatives That Are Proven to Work
18 Jun 2020
Society doesn’t need a large group with a license to kill.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
‘German Question’ Back on Centre Stage
08 Jun 2020
This recap is useful to put in perspective the reports last week that President Trump has approved a plan to withdraw roughly a third of the US troops stationed in Germany — by 9,500 from the 34,500…
Richard D. Wolff
Why the Neoliberal Agenda Is a Failure at Fighting Coronavirus
31 May 2020
Millions are sick and many thousands dead because of governments’ delayed and inadequate compensations for private capitalism’s failures to prepare for or cope with the virus.
Marshall Auerback
How Germany’s Courts Might Destroy the Euro
19 May 2020
In the absence of an agreed set of rules for all the countries in the eurozone, the single-currency union cannot be sustained, and, as the EU’s biggest creditor, Germany stands to lose the most from…
Amey Tirodkar
COVID-19: After Longer Monsoons, Grape and Pomegranate Growers Hit Again by Lockdown
27 Apr 2020
“People are selling fruits of international quality in their local, village markets at throwaway prices.”
Sonali Kolhatkar
Can Democracy Survive the Coronavirus?
16 Apr 2020
A crisis such as the one we are facing demands decisive action tempered with an abundance of caution about infringements of people’s rights.
Subin Dennis
COVID-19 Crisis Brings to Light the Need for a Much Stronger Public Sector
12 Apr 2020
The situation is such that the public sector, long maligned by neoliberal economists and weakened by governments beholden to neoliberalism, is playing a major role in the fight against coronavirus.
Marshall Auerback
Last Chance to Save the Euro?
10 Apr 2020
The actions taken so far to “save” the single-currency union expose its fatal flaws—it will take historic action to save it.
Marshall Auerback
Germany Signals a Historic Shift From Austerity That Could Upend the Economy of Europe
26 Mar 2020
Meanwhile, the EU’s institutional barriers to long-term reform remain formidable.