Very interesting readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy
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Our long-awaited book Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers was published at the beginning of 2023. To celebrate the occasion the GIMMS team is proud to present its book …
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On this episode of the podcast I speak with Yanis Varoufakis about the role of banks and politicians. Yanis is an economist, politician, author and Secretary-General of MeRA25. He is perhaps best known for his role as the Greek Minister of Finance during the Greek credit crisis. In our discussion we cover some fairly big […]
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Το μέλλον δεν είναι αυτό που ήταν. Προσφέρει στα παιδιά μας όλο και λιγότερες ευκαιρίες απ’ όσες είχαμε εμείς. Τόσο οι καλές σπουδές όσο κι η σκληρή δουλειά δεν εξασφαλίζουν τίποτα. Γι’ αυτό, τα παιδιά μας είτε μεταναστεύουν είτε αναγκάζονται να ζουν χωρίς όνειρα, σκυφτά. Τα νέα παιδιά… γονείς… γιαγιάδες και παππούδες… απαιτούμε ένα καλύτερο […]
The post To βίντεο-μανιφέστο του ΜέΡΑ25 για τις εκλογές της 21ης Μάη 2023 appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.
Fifteen years after the Lehman Brothers collapse and following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, Signature Bank, as well as the forced acquisition of Credit Suisse, banks are back in the headlines. Daniel Beunza and Pierre-Christian Fink assembled an excellent panel of sociologists and social scientists, studying banks, regulation and finance, to […]
Journalist, author and filmmaker John Pilger, who has spent decades studying governments’ nefariousness, tells Katie Halper how to spot propaganda.
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By Lee Camp / MintPress News Join activist Keith Akers in a fascinating deep-dive interview on climate change and ecological sustainability. In his upcoming book, Embracing Limits, Akers asks tough questions about the impact of anthropogenic climate change and proposes a truly sustainable future with economic degrowth at its core. In this conversation, Akers discusses […]
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Local Sam Gorst must have Labour worried in new Garston ward – where none of their candidates live in the ward The Labour party has brought it’s disgraceful sewer-level campaigning tactics to Liverpool, mounting a frankly disgusting assault on south Liverpool councillor Sam Gorst, who is standing as an independent in the new Garston ward […]
Το ΜέΡΑ25 έφερε το ΟΧΙ στη Βουλή τον Ιούλιο του 2019. Στα τέσσερα χρόνια από τότε, το ΜέΡΑ25 όχι μόνο τίμησε εκείνο το ΟΧΙ αλλά και έδωσε δείγματα διακυβέρνησης καταθέτοντας σχέδια νόμου, τροπολογίες και θέσεις που απαντούν στο ερώτημα “Τί θα μπορούσε να γίνει ακόμα και σήμερα, σε αυτό το σαθρό σύστημα, υπέρ των πολλών;” […]
The post Απαίτηση των Καιρών η Νέα Μεγάλη Αγωνιστική Αριστερά που οικοδομεί το ΜέΡΑ25-ΣΥΜΜΑΧΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΡΗΞΗ – η τελευταία μου ομιλία στη Βουλή πριν τις εκλογές appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.
OK, but why? This is the question we ask daily at INET. We sit down with experts from around the world to find out what they think, since sometimes it's the simplest questions that have the most important answers.