The Financial Times today slammed the IMF’s criticism of neoliberalism as “navel-gazing” that is out-of date and dangerous. “…neoliberalism has become the catch-all criticism of unthinking radicals who lack the skills of empirical argument,” the Financial Times said in a…
Month: May 2016
IMF report challenges austerity and capital market deregulation
An article in the June edition of the fund’s quarterly Finance & Development magazine said some neoliberal policies have increased inequality and this is jeopardising durable expansion. The article was written by three economists in the IMF’s research department. They…
Trade unions in the age of intangibles
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said at a public lecture at the London School of Economics in May that trade unions face major challenges including the decline in manufacturing and the rise of internet-based business…