2011 has been a very interesting year for the southern Irish party political left. The general election in February brought the largest number of left wing deputies into the Oireachtas in its 90-year history. Sixty-three…
Monthly Archives For December 2011
A Year of Revolution
In a year of revolution, causes have been easier to identify than consequences. In 1989, following the end of the Cold War, the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama wrote in The End of History? of the…
The IFSC & The Shadow Banking System with Dr Jim Stewart
When British thieves and French thieves fall out – the Anglo-French governmental dispute in perspective
The French and British authorities are engaged in a war of words over which country will be first to be downgraded by the credit ratings agencies. At least the hostilities are purely verbal – these…
How severe will the international slowdown be – the story from commodity prices?
Commodity prices are a particularly sensitive indicator for the world economy due to their strong and pro-cyclical price fluctuations. These in turn are linked to supply inelasticities – the obstacles to and pronounced time delays…
Cunning Hired Knaves | What’s at Stake
Cunning Hired Knaves | What’s at Stake Great long post on Cunning Hired Knaves from Richard which includes a translation of piece by Boaventura de Sousa Santos callled What’s at Stake, hence the title. This is…
To Joe Higgins From Irish Left Review
NamaWineLake has an excellent post on the relatively simple point that if the Kenny Report (first published in 1974) was implemented tomorrow the government could save the money that it expects to raise from the…
Films of the Year 2011
Films of the Year Archive After a disappointing year in 2010, this year was considerably better at the movies. There were a number of big disappointments (I’m thinking mainly of Terrence Malick, Lynne Ramsay, Gus…
James Connolly meets the modern Labour Party
James Connolly meets the modern Labour Party Taken from Dole TV…
A Christmas Prayer
Baby Jesus, mild and meek Grant us all an outlook bleak Guarantee a life austere Misery throughout the year Baby Jesus, barely born Look upon a world forlorn Billions facing daily strife Promise them an…
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Workers of Europe unite, you’ve only euro chains to lose
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Workers of Europe unite, you’ve only euro chains to lose We’re all swivel-eyed eurosceptics now! Note the outburst last week by Pedro Nuno Santos, socialist vice-president in Portugal’s Assembleia. “We have an…
LookLeft 9 is in the shops today!
LookLeft 9 is in the shops today, only €2. This edition includes: Reports on: student protests; Occupy Dame Street; turf wars in Kildare; AFA action against Nick Griffin; defending health services; the community fight against…
Must We Adore Vaclav Havel? | Michael Parenti
Must We Adore Vaclav Havel? | Michael Parenti Michael Parenti wrote about Vaclav Havel in 1997 in order to bring some balance to the hagiographies of the ‘great democrat’. Now that Havel has popped his…
The real Yacoubian Building and how “there is often a woman involved”…
When I arrived in Cairo three months ago my first stop was not the Pyramids. Not the Egyptian Museum. Not even the beating heart of the revolution- Tahrir Square. (Be warned your first trip to…
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- Notes for a Book on Money and the Irish State - The Marshall Aid Program April 2, 2016Ireland’s Economy: Radio Eireann talks on Ireland’s part in the Marshall Plan. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1949 [official/government publication] NLI: OPIE X 26.A Forward by the Taoiseach Mr. John A. Costello S.C., T.D. (pp.1-2) Since its inception European Economic Co-operation has done much towards restoring European economic solvency and has challenged the forces which have been […]Conor McCabe
- The Financial Crisis:What Have We Learnt? August 29, 2015I start teaching a level one (introduction level) module in UCD Monday Week on the Financial Crisis. As always, I’ll post what I can here to share it with activists and progressives. This is a short audio I’m putting up for the students to give them a sense of where the module is coming from. […]Conor McCabe
- Money in 35,000 Words or Less August 22, 2015I’ve been asked to write a short book on money. The manuscript is due in the end of April 2016. As with most things I do with political economy and education I’ll be posting stuff here as I go along. I just find it an interesting way of working through ideas, concepts and analysis. Anyway, […]Conor McCabe
- THE WRATH OF KANE: BANKING CRISES AND POLITICAL POWER January 30, 2015I’ll be writing more about this at the weekend but I think this is a good standalone clip from evidence to the banking inquiry given by Prof. Ed Kane on Wednesday 28 Jan 2015. He was asked by Deputy Pearse Doherty to elaborate on the statement below which was made in a paper that […]Conor McCabe