07 March, 2012 // Category: Activism
In the recent fight against SOPA and PIPA avid believers in the right of free speech who view the internet as an antidote to the corporate owned media found themselves in an alliance with some of the largest and most powerful corporations in the world. Moreover, it was apparent that Google,...
27 February, 2012 // Category: Economy
In my January column I explained that by stonewalling financial regulatory reform and imposing draconian fiscal austerity in the midst of the worst economic recession in eighty years ruling elites in Europe, the US, and Canada have us on track for what amounts to economic suicide, putting the...
07 February, 2012 // Category:
Just as the European settler economies in North America grew to eclipse the economic power of “Old” Europe during the twentieth century, at least some of the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – were already on a trajectory to rise relative to both North America and Europe in...
27 January, 2012 // Category: Activism, Economy
Robin Hahnel is Professor of Economics at Portland State University. His most recent book is Economic Justice and Democracy and he is co-author with Michael Albert of The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. In the first of a series of regular columns for NLP Hahnel considers whether the...
01 November, 2011 // Category:
Robin Hahnel is Professor of Economics at Portland State University. His most recent book is Economic Justice and Democracy and he is co-author with Michael Albert of The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. Here he discusses the composition of the Occupy Wall Street movement, his hopes...
01 December, 2010 // Category: Economy
Robin Hahnel is Professor of Economics at American University. His most recent book is Economic Justice and Democracy and he is co-author with Michael Albert of The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. In this interview he and NLP’s Alex Doherty discuss the continuing mismanagement of the...
04 May, 2010 // Category: Economy
In the second part of our final pre-election discussion, US economist Robin Hahnel gives a global perspective on the economic crisis, outlining the two key measures needed for economic stability and progress, in response to the following question: “The mainstream consensus is that the national...
01 March, 2010 // Category: Economy
In the last part of our interview about the global economic crisis with economist Robin Hahnel, the discussion moves onto how the left has and should react to it. Part 1 can be found here and part 2 can be found here. Are there any countries that responded to the crisis in a way that you find...
23 February, 2010 // Category: Economy
Robin Hahnel is Professor of Economics at American University. His most recent book is Economic Justice and Democracy. He is co-author with Michael Albert of The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. This is the second of a three-part interview about the global economic crisis. Part 1 can...
16 February, 2010 // Category: Economy
Robin Hahnel is Professor of Economics at American University. His most recent book is Economic Justice and Democracy. He is co-author with Michael Albert of The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. This is the first of a three-part interview on the global economic crisis; part 2 can be...