Navigating the Tide: Four Books on Inflation
In this month’s book bundle we examine books that demystify inflation, and offer solutions to aid both policymakers and citizens…
Economic Crisis
“Russia Can’t Win the Economic War, but the West Can Lose It.” BookTalk with Maximilian Hess
“Rather than a ‘New Cold War,’ we are witnessing the culmination of an economic war with Russia, where the financial,…
Déjà Vu in Developing Economies? The Intertwined Story of Inflation, Interest Rates and Debt Burden
Money lost to interest payments creates debt burdens and shrinks public resources that could be channeled into development-friendly areas.
When Disasters Come Home: Making and Manipulating Emergencies in the West
Keen argues that disasters should serve as a catalyst for reform, urging us to address the systemic issues that give…
The Rise of Central Banks: State Power in Financial Capitalism
How is the rise of central banks more problematic than many might expect? Leon Wansleben provides answers in his new…
The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
The Capital Order leaves even the most skeptical of readers with the question: “Has capitalism lost its innocence to its…
Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Slippery Slope
Taming inflation by attacking its fundamental causes could help the masses much more than increasing wages every few months.
Poor Countries Should Not Have to Bear the Brunt of Extravagant Wars
Nothing will worsen poverty as much as a contagion of financial meltdowns on the back of stagflation and the UN…
How the Global Pandemic Widens the Gap between the Poor and the Rich
The Coronavirus pandemic has shown that capitalism is dysfunctional when labor is inactive.
South Africa: The Challenges of Liberation
South Africa’s negotiated settlement achieved a great deal in terms of the political liberation of the masses, but its poor,…
Turkey Should “Spend” Wisely
One should underscore not more saving or less consumption, but increasing the productivity level of the “consumption composition” when going…
Restructuring Macroeconomic Governance in the Presidential System
Turkey is heading for a systemic transformation towards the “Presidential Government System” under such difficult global conditions. But it is…
VIDEOS
Nakba Survivors Speak: “The sky was our blanket and the ground was our mattress”
Politics Today
May 17, 2021
Palestinian refugees still long for returning to their towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1948. As Israeli bombs fall non-stop on Gaza, Politics Today spoke to four Nakba survivors. Nakba has started in 1948 but it has not stopped since then.
Exploiting the Female Body: The YPG Case
Politics Today
February 2, 2021
Women in the YPG are represented in the Western media with happy and pretty faces who fight for freedom, equality and democracy. However, this is a marketing strategy that conceals the fact that these women also suffer from depression, harassment, and exploitation. In this video, two experts, Huseyin Alptekin and Zeliha Eliacik, explain how the female body is exploited by the YPG.
Political Blocks in the Middle East
Politics Today
January 7, 2021
Major political shifts and divides are occurring today in the Middle East. There are alliances and blocks that emerged. This geopolitical restructuring is taking place in a multipolar world, where regional actors will depend more on their hard-power to secure their interest. Andreas Krieg, Ali Bakeer, and Giorgio Cafiero comment on the political blocks in the contemporary Middle East.
How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East
Politics Today
December 7, 2020
Political borders are changing and re-drawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East. A revisionist paradigm predominates over the global politics and the status-quo of earlier decades is left behind. Sami al-Arian, Heba Raouf Ezzat and Adam McConnel comment on the changing political borders in contemporary international politics.
Kingdoms of Fire: The Political Backstage (Part I)
Politics Today
October 26, 2020
Kingdoms of Fire is funded by the UAE, directed by a British, and the satellite channel is owned by Saudi Arabia. It is more than just an art that has attracted so much attention due to its funders, timing, and giving a completely different narrative of history. In this video, three experts Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat, Dr. Vehbi Baysan and Dr. Yenal Göksun explain the political background of this TV drama.
