The car war that is changing the world economy
What a Chinese state-owned carmaker's arrival in Galicia reveals about Spain's place in the value chain — and about Europe's sudden conversion to neo-mercantilism.
Ecosocialist Notebook - Alberto Garzón
Economist trained in International Economics and Development, specialising in biophysical economics. Served as Minister of Consumer Affairs in the Spanish Government. Currently undertaking doctoral research at the ICTA-UAB.
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It is not enough to make food cheaper: how to transform the food system without leaving anyone behind
Two radical ideas have entered mainstream politics in a matter of months. Both are necessary. Neither is enough.
Why They Don’t Dare Bring Down House Prices
Spain's housing crisis and why bringing prices down is politically almost impossible and how it all traces back to historical neoliberal policies
Why the German Model Has Stopped Working
Not bureaucracy, not the welfare state: what is unravelling in Germany is its place in the international division of labour.
When the United States Switches Off the AI
When AI becomes a weapon of economic war, dependence is no longer an option
The Return of the Need to Believe
Why the hunger for belonging and certainty isn't irrational—and why the left ignores it at its peril
The Report That Imagines a Rich World Without Growth
What if a richer, fairer world didn't require more growth—but less? Piketty's team has just put numbers to that idea
Europe Consumes an Entire Spain in Foreign Farmland
We export expensive food and import cheap land. The accounts in euros lie.
Automation Doesn't Work for Everyone
AI could free us from tedious work. Under capitalism, it does the opposite.
The Zombie Economy: Thinking as if Resources Would Never Run Out
Why the war in Iran, the scramble for critical minerals, and the return of neo-mercantilism cannot be understood without ecological economics.
Palantir and the End of Democracy as We Know It
Neoliberalism removed the economy from democratic judgement. What is coming seeks to remove the citizen
Why Peace in Iran Benefits China More Than the United States
Two months of war have made one question unavoidable: who can best absorb the economic costs — and the Gulf's trade flows already point to the answer.
Polymers and Power: The Material Basis of the War in Iran
The war in Iran is not just about oil — it's a blow to the petrochemical backbone of global capitalism
What cannot be seen from space
On photographing a planet while destroying it
Why Spain Still Struggles to Confront Its Colonial Past
Why the language of “abuse” obscures a system built on extraction, slavery, and power
Planning degrowth or being forced into it
Degrowth is not a choice—it is the only way to avoid a brutal adjustment
Europe, hostage to others’ oil and gas
Historical fossil dependence, geopolitical vulnerability—and the political failure behind Europe’s energy model
Beyond Oil: Why the War in Iran Will Affect the Food We Eat
From natural gas to fertilisers, the global food system depends on fossil energy—so geopolitical shocks in the Gulf inevitably travel to our supermarket shelves.
The myth that working more makes us richer
The debate about working hours misses the real issue: productivity and economic structure
What Artificial Intelligence Reveals About Capitalism
The problem is a capitalist system that subordinates both humans and machines to the relentless pursuit of profit.
Young against Old: the Narrative that Protects Capital
How the myth of intergenerational conflict obscures the structural power of capital