Following the lively discussion yesterday between Owen and Ezra I would like to offer an explanation of what “neoliberalism” is. The best way to do this is to quote a review by Eugene McCarreher of a book by Philp Mirowski called How Neoliberalism Survived the Financial Meltdown, (Verso, $29.95). It is deeply scary, and points up …
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Yesterday the posting reported the latest disastrous proposals on ordinary trade. The other leak, obtained by the Greens MEP Michel Reimon, concerns financial regulatory co-operation. This is a contentious area: the US is reluctant to harmonize financial regulations through TAFTA/TTIP because Europe’s are weaker; for the same reason, the European finance industry is keen to …
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I am re-“tweeting” information from Corporate Europe Observatory, as it was sent to me. The “trade” agreements are an assault on democracy and upon the rights of ordinary people: Corporate Europe Observatory obtained a draft copy of the EU’s proposals covering “regulatory co-operation” (pdf), which describes a new transatlantic organization, called the Regulatory Cooperation Body. …
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Magna Carta is 800 years old. It is the document (actually more than one) that laid the groundwork for the freedoms enjoyed by millions all over the world. Equality of all before the law is a principle of good government. The knowledge that you can go before a Court and seek justice for a wrongdoing …
American Children and guns, by the numbers: – 18: The number of people age 24 and younger killed by firearms in the US each day – 55: The percentage of US homes with children and firearms in which one or more weapons are kept in an unlocked place – 1.6: The number, in millions, of …
