Index of Articles

October 2024 (3)
- 28: What is Islamism – in their own words (0)
- 28: A few thoughts about the Palestinian – Israeli conflict (0)
- 28: The Black Wave (0)
October 2022 (1)
- 21: Are we in the midst of a Volcker Shock 2? (0)
September 2022 (1)
- 19: God Save the King and all that (0)
April 2022 (1)
- 04: Where did Putin come from? (2)
November 2021 (2)
- 15: COP26 has come to an end and many key players seem very disappointed (0)
- 01: If you are interested in climate change then you really should watch this video. (0)
October 2021 (1)
- 23: COP26 Predictions (2)
February 2021 (1)
- 11: A critical view of Critical Race Theory and BLM (0)
January 2021 (3)
- 15: Trump support is strong – the future of the Republican Party remains uncertain (0)
- 13: Fixing the broken American political system (0)
- 05: Is the Bank of England implementing a policy based on Modern Monetary Theory? (4)
July 2020 (3)
- 13: “Climate Change Is Not the End of the World” (0)
- 13: Post-Covid EU divisions – a map (0)
- 05: The culture wars are bad for the Left and good for the Right (0)
May 2020 (1)
- 25: Why are Eurobonds so difficult? (0)
March 2020 (2)
- 27: China probably won’t rescue the global economy as it did in 2008 (2)
- 22: COVID-19: A few thoughts and a few links (0)
February 2020 (1)
- 27: The EU in the rear view mirror (0)
December 2019 (4)
- 19: The strange death of social democracy in Western Europe (0)
- 16: What just happened? Part One: There is no working class anymore (0)
- 16: What just happened? Part Two: The persistent illusion of class conflict as the primary driver of politics (0)
- 15: From 1997 to 2019 (0)
September 2019 (1)
- 04: A few thoughts about Boris, Brexit and the New Tory Party (0)
April 2019 (2)
- 24: Italy is the eurozone’s weak link (0)
- 08: A Plea for Some Healthy Scepticism (2)
November 2018 (2)
- 18: Who has the UK been negotiating with? (0)
- 13: A few thoughts about the Brexit negotiations (0)
September 2018 (1)
- 23: Varoufakis’s proposal for an International New Deal (0)
February 2018 (2)
- 17: Can radical social democracy save us? (0)
- 13: Labour and the new terrain of politics (0)
January 2018 (1)
- 22: Trump, Russia and missing the point (1)
December 2017 (3)
- 14: Leaked plans for an EU austerity machine (0)
- 07: Yanis Varoufakis – Debtors’ Prison, John Maynard Keynes & the Double Standards of the EU (0)
- 06: Greek pensions and the question of social democracy in the EU (1)
November 2017 (2)
- 29: Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit Negotiations, Ireland, Greece (0)
- 25: The post-Brexit Irish border – a brief summary (0)
October 2017 (1)
- 01: Fake news for a good cause is still a bad thing (2)
September 2017 (1)
- 16: One diagram that explains the 2017 UK election result (0)
August 2017 (4)
- 25: The bailout costs ten years after the crash (0)
- 20: The truth about the Irish recovery (0)
- 09: The probability of a fourth Greek bailout (0)
- 04: Some recent items of interest (2)
July 2017 (1)
- 01: Running out of steam? (0)
June 2017 (10)
- 26: Caution: European Narrative. Handle with Care (0)
- 26: Handy chart summarising Brexit options (0)
- 17: What just happened? (0)
- 17: Victory for Schaeuble at the Eurogroup means no relief for Greece (2)
- 14: Yanis Varoufakis on the state of Europe and the Euro (0)
- 13: I was wrong about Jeremy Corbyn (0)
- 13: A state of political disrepair: Varoufakis on Brexit, the EU, and trashing the establishment (0)
- 13: The scale of the EU’s achievements in Greece (0)
- 11: After the euphoria wears off…. (3)
- 03: Paris hot air (6)
May 2017 (5)
- 31: Rethinking the European Union: Part Two (0)
- 28: Rethinking the European Union: Part One (3)
- 23: Chinese over-investment: Metro building (0)
- 21: A snapshot of global economic imbalances (0)
- 08: Macron’s victory in charts (0)
April 2017 (7)
- 30: The UK local authority property bubble (0)
- 24: Europe’s other single currency (0)
- 24: The French first round (1)
- 19: Meanwhile in Greece the beatings continue but moral fails to improve (0)
- 14: Accession shock, the rise of UKIP and Brexit (0)
- 05: The German and Chinese trade surpluses (0)
- 04: “The left is paying the price for its conservative discourse on the currency union.” (0)
March 2017 (1)
- 26: The delusions of Mr Dijsselbloem (0)
November 2016 (2)
- 16: Making sense of it (0)
- 09: Against pessimism (4)
September 2016 (1)
- 28: The Mountain to Climb (1)
July 2016 (18)
- 31: Berlin blinks (0)
- 30: What is Trump? (0)
- 29: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 27: Austerity may be over – for the Eurozone banks (0)
- 25: The rise of western populist movements explained in one graph (0)
- 19: The pain in Spain (0)
- 19: The European Court of Justice may have rescued Italy’s banks (0)
- 13: The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble (0)
- 13: Understanding the jargon of Brexit (0)
- 12: The wider implications of the Italian banking crisis (0)
- 09: Devil’s advocate (0)
- 08: The Italian banking crisis is escalating (0)
- 07: Wynne Godley was right (0)
- 07: Perspectives on the Chinese economic adjustment (0)
- 04: The Japanese economy is in uncharted territory (0)
- 03: Pro EU parties could face big losses in the next election (0)
- 03: Brexit aftershocks and the roadmap for negotiations (0)
- 01: Italy’s weird bank rescue deal (0)
June 2016 (22)
- 30: Article 50 road map infographic (0)
- 30: Are we there yet? (0)
- 28: This is the end – or is it? (0)
- 28: The other vote wasn’t good either (0)
- 26: The only place Scotland can go is over a cliff (0)
- 25: Brexit – what does it mean? (0)
- 25: A note on the post referendum legal and diplomatic situation (0)
- 24: How will Brexit effect the way the EU works? (0)
- 23: Where is the Labour Party? (0)
- 21: YouGov data on referendum voter intentions (0)
- 20: A visual guide to what could happen if we vote for Brexit (0)
- 19: Who is the Remembrancer? (0)
- 14: Will Brexit lead to Frexit? (0)
- 12: UK government borrowing has never been cheaper (0)
- 08: QE makes UK public debt calculations absurd. Its almost as absurd as the gold standard (2)
- 06: What is England? (0)
- 05: New poll shows Unidos Podemos 5 points in front of PSOE (0)
- 05: Zombies-To-Be and the Walking Dead of Debt (0)
- 04: Can Podemos Win? Interview with Pablo Bustinduy (0)
- 03: Three maps showing UK referendum regional voting intentions (0)
- 02: The rise of nationalism in Europe: results of most recent national elections (2)
- 02: A documentary about Jeremy Corbyn (1)
May 2016 (11)
- 31: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 25: The IMF caves in on Greek debt relief (0)
- 24: Greece is the only country in the eurozone that doesn’t get massive debt relief (2)
- 18: The Commission lets Italy off the hook (0)
- 14: 2008 changed the the concentration of global finance capital (0)
- 10: Where Did The Greek Bailout Money Go? (0)
- 10: Pensions are cut for most Greeks (0)
- 06: Germany plans 5-year benefit ban for jobless migrants (0)
- 06: ‘The Wall Street Economy Has Taken Over The Economy’ – Michael Hudson (0)
- 01: Spanish banks and the anti-evictions struggle (0)
- 01: Long term unemployment in Europe (0)
April 2016 (12)
- 23: In China the good news is really bad (0)
- 22: Is the financial sector fit for purpose? (0)
- 19: The dangers of the Chinese property bubble (0)
- 18: Oh dear …. this probably won’t end well (0)
- 15: Yanis Varoufakis says ‘Europe is staring into the abyss’ (0)
- 14: Blimey, it could be Brexit! (0)
- 11: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 09: Italian zombie banks (0)
- 02: Things are getting better (0)
- 02: The Ed Miliband effect (0)
- 02: London is a migrant mega city (0)
- 01: The Chinese adjustment and the UK steel industry (0)
March 2016 (10)
- 29: Signs of global economic distress (1)
- 26: Europe’s orphan: The future of the euro and the politics of debt (0)
- 26: 35 Years of the World’s Economy Evolving as a Living Organism (0)
- 25: Is Greece on the Verge of Another Debt Crisis? (0)
- 23: Catalonia dances with default (0)
- 17: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 13: Stormy weather ahead (0)
- 09: The Economics of Brexit: Vince Cable and Norman Lamont Debate (0)
- 05: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 01: Germany’s flawed plans for Europe (0)
February 2016 (10)
- 27: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 25: The EU’s banking union is a recipe for disaster (0)
- 20: European solidarity Greek style (0)
- 20: IMF admits it got it wrong on Greece (0)
- 17: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 15: The Funniest Papers in the History of Economics (0)
- 11: Democracy in Europe Movement 25 (DiEM25) (0)
- 10: Chinese currency instability (0)
- 05: The Saudi low oil price strategy has backfired (2)
- 03: Some recent items of interest (0)
January 2016 (7)
- 30: Why running a budget surplus is a bad idea (1)
- 28: Is the global economy headed for another crash? (0)
- 24: Who wants the Euro? (0)
- 17: A Union of Deflation and Unemployment (0)
- 11: Day after day – they send my friends away (0)
- 10: The fiscal responses of six European countries to the Great Recession (0)
- 04: Where is the UK economy heading? (0)
December 2015 (9)
- 27: The Cumbrian floods – a bit of context (6)
- 22: All the world’s money – an infographic (0)
- 20: Hot money (0)
- 15: Some good news for a change (0)
- 11: More recent items of interest (0)
- 10: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 07: Electoral breakthrough for Front National (0)
- 06: Draghi disappoints (0)
- 02: The state of the eurozone (0)
November 2015 (7)
- 21: China’s ghost cities (0)
- 13: What is happening in China? (0)
- 08: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 07: Greek suffering is about to deepen (0)
- 05: Syria’s tangled proxy wars: a simple visual guide (0)
- 05: The worst European refugee crisis Since World War II in one animated infographic (0)
- 02: Labour’s real fiscal record (0)
October 2015 (13)
- 29: Winners and losers in the eurozone (0)
- 27: Maastricht and All That (0)
- 25: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 24: Portugal voted for the wrong government – that’s now been ‘corrected’ (0)
- 21: Spain: a Eurozone success story? (0)
- 19: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 16: Who makes economic policy in the eurozone? (0)
- 13: The crisis of European Social Democracy (0)
- 10: Bank bailouts: Why the US made a profit and the UK won’t (0)
- 07: Russia’s Syrian gamble (0)
- 04: Some recent items of interest (2)
- 01: Escaping the deficit narrative (0)
- 01: Why things don’t feel better (0)
September 2015 (7)
- 21: Three long months looming in Spain (0)
- 19: Two videos and an audio presentation (0)
- 17: Cheap oil and the political economy of Russia (0)
- 09: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 08: Vulture Funds (0)
- 07: Debating “Corbynomics” (0)
- 07: Varoufakis talks about Europe and the third Greek program (0)
August 2015 (9)
- 24: Tense times in Beijing (0)
- 23: An update on Greek debt and the rejected Greek reform proposals (0)
- 20: Global debt and the great rebalancing (0)
- 16: The Troika is dead (0)
- 14: The Chinese devaluation in context (0)
- 10: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 08: Fracking may financially ruin Saudi Arabia (0)
- 07: The significance of the Chinese stock market crash (0)
- 05: Thinking about China (0)
July 2015 (13)
- 30: Some recent items of interest (0)
- 29: Plan B and the leaked tape (0)
- 22: Greece is not the only country with unsustainable debts in the eurozone (0)
- 20: Osborne’s budget (0)
- 19: Recent items of interest (0)
- 14: New IMF report says Greek debt is unsustainable (0)
- 13: Fear and loathing in Brussels (0)
- 09: Will Berlin blink? (0)
- 08: Some interesting snippets from the Eurozone (0)
- 06: The ECB turns the screw (0)
- 05: Understanding the Greek banking crisis (0)
- 03: Enough! (0)
- 02: “Sorry the failed policies we forced on you shrunk your GDP by 27% and gutted your economy. Now please run a budget surplus.” (0)
June 2015 (16)
- 28: One bank to rule them all: The ECB and European democracy (0)
- 28: Varoufakis on the Eurogroup meeting (0)
- 28: Varoufakis Eurogroup press conference (0)
- 26: Odds and ends (0)
- 22: The facts about Greek pensions (2)
- 21: You couldn’t make this shit up (0)
- 20: “A bias towards privatisation of profits and socialisation of losses” (0)
- 19: Musing about the mechanics of Grexit (2)
- 18: Greece’s Proposals to End the Crisis (0)
- 16: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there (1)
- 12: “A strange dog’s breakfast” – the IMF, the Eurozone and the Greek crisis (0)
- 10: Varoufakis on what went wrong in the eurozone (0)
- 05: The Greek debt restructuring proposals (0)
- 04: Looks like Tsipras is standing firm (0)
- 04: Interest rates: the musical (3)
- 03: Can Europe rely on large primary surpluses to solve its debt problem? (2)
May 2015 (10)
- 31: Two important statements from the Syriza leadership (0)
- 27: “I’m hearing music from another time” – the Spanish election results (0)
- 26: A little Russian backstory (0)
- 22: Greece, the IMF, the EU and the Dance of Death (0)
- 19: The SNP and reality (0)
- 18: An interactive map of Labour’s problems (0)
- 11: What next for Labour? (3)
- 08: What’s wrong with the Labour Party and the left? (2)
- 05: A glimmer of good news from Germany (0)
- 04: “The Syriza strategy has come to an end” (3)
April 2015 (6)
- 25: Is the EU working for regime change in Athens? (0)
- 22: Ordoliberalism and the European Project (0)
- 20: Yanis Varoufakis on the Greek economy, prospects for reform and economic renewal (0)
- 13: Why the German trade surplus is a big problem (0)
- 10: It’s going to be a tough year for the Greeks (0)
- 07: Too big to bail – how the banks crashed the eurozone (0)
March 2015 (11)
- 31: Is there an alternative to austerity in the eurozone? (0)
- 26: No comment 😉 (0)
- 26: China, cement and the future (0)
- 20: What if………? (0)
- 18: European Commission veto Greek anti-poverty law (1)
- 18: Here are four charts, a video and ‘fingergate’ (2)
- 15: The cost of bailing out the banks (6)
- 11: The money Greece has to find in the coming months (0)
- 08: Bailing out the German banks (0)
- 05: Reasons not to be cheerful – some recent eurozone developments (0)
- 02: Reasons to be cheerful (2)
February 2015 (9)
- 20: Some facts and figures (0)
- 18: Germany’s Role in the Eurozone Crisis (0)
- 16: Bonkers Greek military spending, low tax revenues and weak agricultural production (0)
- 16: Greek proposals to the Eurogroup (1)
- 06: What might a Greek debt deal look like? (0)
- 05: European Central Bank threatens to blow its brains out – Varoufarkis decides to Keep Calm and Carry On (2)
- 04: Greek debt in perspective (0)
- 03: Understanding what Syriza wants (0)
- 01: Understanding Greek Debt (0)
January 2015 (8)
- 31: What Yanis Varoufakis actually said: and it’s very interesting (0)
- 31: Joschka Fischer: Angela Merkel must accept that her austerity policy is now in tatters (3)
- 30: Alexis Tsipras “open letter” to German citizens” (0)
- 29: The Feckless and the Prudent: or why your surplus is the same size as my deficit (0)
- 27: Short memories in Berlin (1)
- 27: Some things are inexplicable (0)
- 27: ‘We are going to destroy the Greek oligarchy system’ (0)
- 26: The day after the Syriza victory (0)

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