There are two primary methods for measuring inequality – relative and absolute. In the discipline of economics, the former has become dominant by far. It is embodied in the standard Gini index, in the famous […]
Michael Roberts looks at inequality, which is reaching new highs. The same forces that are thus debilitating society are equally debilitating the economic system that is alimenting this inequality. Michael Roberts is an Economist in […]
Underbidding competition dominates long-distance lorry traffic on European roads. Working conditions are inhumane, and the EU initiates only half-hearted countermeasures to alleviate these inequities. To change things for the better, the countervailing power of unions […]
Nicholas Shaxson unveils the secrets of the seriously, filthy rich and talks me through how many of the world’s offshore tax havens are not only tropical islands, but actually British & OECD territories. Just what […]
Why should capitalism be “Saved from itself”? Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel (Riksbank) prize winner in economics […]
“Global poverty today isn’t natural or inevitable, it is an artifact of the very same policies that have been designed to siphon the lion’s share of global income into the pockets of the rich. “ […]
The richest nations got richer through rising investment in fossil fuels – and the global warming they caused has made the poorest nations measurably poorer. Read here
The problem with understanding the effects of globalisation on inequality is the information being used and how it is interperted. Branko Milanović gives some insight into trends and how they are and can be explained. […]
Taxation revenues are the basis of the modern state. Without them, it cannot perform its administrative and redistributive functions. Read here
In this episode in our Green New Deal series, GISP Research Director Mathew Forstater discuses a proposal to combine ecological tax reform with Functional Finance. Ecological tax reform would use taxes, fines, subsidies, regulations, and […]
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