Volume 11 No.2 - March/April 2019
Contents
Growth and GDP: don’t mention the G-WordsLet’s focus on rules for the ownership of things and money that work for the common good
Geoff Davies
20th anniversary of the euro — no reason for celebration
Real people have to pay dearly for fundamentally flawed doctrine
Lars Syll
What is wrong with mainstream economics?
Inadequate analysis of its failures is a devastating indictment of modern mainstream economics
Editor
What is competition?
Many economists misunderstand competition
Editor
Why Germany leads in renewables
It has its own green bank
Ellen Brown
The U.S. bank bailout of 2008 was unnecessary
Saving the banks became the first priority, rather than saving people’s homes and jobs
Dean Baker
War and peace and the steady-state economy
There is a necessary interdependence between peace and a steady state economy
Herman Daly
Reforming Australia’s banking system
How do we build an anti-fragile financial system that serves the real economy?
Steven Hail
The explicable mystery of the national debt
The true character of sovereign treasury securities
J.D. Alt
Green New Deal
a proposed economic stimulus program aiming to address inequality and climate change
Editor
The Green New Deal is happening in China
China is massively pushing to convert to electric powered vehicles and cleaner energy sources
Dean Baker