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Daniel Willis – Amazonian communities need solidarity, not saviours

August 31, 2019 David Shirreff 0

We have no chance of avoiding environmental catastrophe whilst colonialist and market-first attitudes to climate persist Daniel Willis is policy and campaigns manager at Global Justice Now Cross-posted from Global Justice Now A multitude of […]

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Media

Duncan Green – How does journalism drive change?

August 31, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Digging without fear or favour, dramatising academic research, coining a  buzzword that sticks – all ways a journalist can command attention and occasionally make a difference. Duncan Green is Head of Research at Oxfam GB […]

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Richard Murphy: My vision for a Green New Deal

August 31, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Prolific economic thinker Richard Murphy, preparing for a series of lectures in Glasgow and Edinburgh, at a Commonspace Forum, outlines his latest vision for a Green New Deal, as a global imperative, and incidentally a […]

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VoxEU – Libra: A dramatic call to regulatory action

August 30, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Facebook’s impending new currency, Libra, could facilitate criminal exploitation of the payments system, while reducing the authorities’ ability to monitor and mitigate systemic risk. This article is part of a VoxEU debate on the future […]

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Yanis Varoufakis – I am not Boris

August 30, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Leading Brexiteers, starting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have sought to portray Greece’s former finance minister as one of their own. And while they clearly know better, they must be delighted that many Remainers […]

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John Weeks – Politics of Environmental Action

August 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

John Weeks is right: Either we do this together or we shall fail. He is also correct in citing that the climate disaster can only be halted by changing our whole economic system: the capitalist […]

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EU politics

Gemma Bird – From Rome to Athens, Squatting is Under Attack

August 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

There is no simpler way to make a problem go away than to not report on it. Had it not been for the antagonistic figure of Matteo Salvini, the inexorable refugee crisis would probably have […]

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Corruption

Mathew D. Rose – Germany: Liberal Democracy is Rotting from its Core

August 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Most German establishment political parties have turned away from striving for a better society. In recent decades they have become profit-oriented service companies in a billion euro industry: selling laws, permits, public contracts, even protection, […]

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Economics

Michael Roberts – The Trade Trigger

August 29, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

We continue our series on world economics due to the importance of  current developments. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog Financial markets globally […]

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Frances Coppola – The High Price of Dollar Safety

August 28, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Coming to grips with the value of the dollar and US debt and its consequences for the world economy. Frances Coppola  is the author of the Coppola Comment finance and economics blog, a contributor to […]

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Heterodox Challenges in Economics by Sergio Cesaratto

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Book Review by Mathew D. Rose I never thought that I would describe an economics book as “a delightful read”, but “Heterodox Challenges in Economics” by Sergio Cesaratto is exactly that. It is well written, […]

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Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World by Tom Burgis

January 27, 2021 0

Book Review by David Shirreff First, the good news. This is undoubtedly a useful book. It is a mine of information and anecdote, cleverly told, about the kleptocrats who apparently move untroubled around the world […]

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