Issue 488

December 2015 - "10 Economic Myths"

• GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - December 2015

From this month's magazine:

• 10 economic myths we do not need

• Myth 1: Austerity will give ‘jobs and growth’

• Economic Myth 2: Reducing deficits is the only way out of a recession

Myth 3: Taxing the rich – does it stop investment?

• Myth 4: Economic migrants take too much from rich world economies

• Myth 5: The private sector is more efficient than the public sector

• Myth 6: Fossil fuels are better for the economy than renewable energy

• Myth 7: Financial regulation will take away the banks’ profits

Myth 8: Organized labour – is it regressive?

• Myth 9: Everyone has to pay their debts

• Myth 10: Growth is the only way

• Looking for lost soldiers

• Cry me a river

• ShellNo: the Kayactivists won

From the web this month:

• No peace in Bethlehem this Christmas

• The earthquake in Nepal killed thousands, but the blockade can kill millions

• Paris Climate Deal: A big fail

From the blogs this month:

• Are we going to sit and wait for the next mine waste disaster?

• When governments put people in prison for reading

• Indigenous culture can save the planet

• The future of the planet is with today’s 18-year-olds

• Women at the front of climate change

• 10 reasons not to bomb Syria