Green Politics
FT pulls apart austerity economics
The Financial Times has this morning produced a blinding set of graphs which highlight how fiscal austerity has negatively impacted on the GDP of various European economies.
Paul Krugman
LFF’s most influential left-wing thinker of the year 2010/11 is Owen Jones
Readers of Left Foot Forward have voted Owen Jones, author of “Chavs: the Demonisation of the Working Class”, as the most influential left-wing thinker of the year.
Krugman joins chorus for Tobin tax
Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman has advocated for a Tobin tax. The Austrian government estimates that the tax could raise £420bn a year.