John Weeks is Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, and author of Economics of the 1%: How mainstream economics serves the rich, obscures reality and distorts policy, (Anthem Press), published earlier this year.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Greferendum - once upon a time in Europe democracy broke outThe revolt is real against authoritarianism, whatever the outcome of the referendum.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Grexit: end of the illusionThe negotiations between the Troika and Greece are a sham. Greek submission to the neoliberal EU project or forced...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Deficits in the EU that should worry EuropeansIn Greece for the first time the EU authorities demand a government complete a programme that it has neither...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Negotiating the Greek public debt: wrong finance minister was firedExpenditure reduction leads to falling household incomes, contraction in public services and a rising incidence of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Recovery delayed is recovery denied - austerity and democracy in the EUThe reason that the German government, Deutsche Bank and financial interests everywhere require tranquilizers when...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The once and future EU recoveryThe instigators of these anti-social and anti-democratic policies, rules and treaties defend them as the mechanisms...