[Originally published here] The election of Donald Trump symbolises the demise of a remarkable era. It was a time when we saw the curious spectacle of a superpower, the US, growing stronger because of – rather than despite – its … Continue reading →
Why is America still important? Below I copy the answer I gave in 2011 in the last chapter of The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy. (For those not familiar with the economic meaning of my … Continue reading →
How owning our Resentment can save Australian Politics In this piece, Paul Tyson, honourary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, outlines his take on the rise of rightwing populist resentment, as a powerful political force, from an Australian perspective. … Continue reading →
[Click here or the image above] Europe doesn’t always like to admit this but it needs the US. The US economy has an outsized effect on Europe’s, while Europe often needs the diplomatic and (sometimes) military heft of the US. … Continue reading →
Click here or… Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis calls himself a libertarian Marxist Keynesian — or “completely confused,” as he jokes. So it was hard to predict how he would react to Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo, a more traditional … Continue reading →
The financial meltdown of 2008 prompted calls for a global financial system that curtails trade imbalances, moderates speculative capital flows, and prevents systemic contagion. That, of course, was the goal of the original Bretton Woods system. But such a system … Continue reading →
Filed under: European Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives, The Global Minotaur: A theory of the Global Crisis
Q&A ABC tv Episode 43 – 23/11/2015 23 November 2015 Panellists: Yanis Varoufakis, Former finance minister of Greece Greg Hunt, Australia’s Minister for the Environment Geraldine Brooks, Author and journalist Anthony Albanese, Australia’s Shadow Infrastructure Minister Judith Sloan, Businesswoman, Academic … Continue reading →
For an audio, click here.Filed under: European Crisis, Greek Crisis, Politics and Economics, Post-MinFin missives, The Global Minotaur: A theory of the Global Crisis
Click here for the Guardian site) Australia is a “plaything” of forces it cannot control as the world economy heads into another phase of the global financial crisis, according to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. The “remarkable” flow … Continue reading →
