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Richard Murphy: Tory austerity has delivered the worst decade for UK productivity growth since the 18th century

April 27, 2018 MDRose 0

Should this be a surprise to anyone? The goal of austerity was to increase inequality, primarily at the cost of the poorest and weakest. Nothing more and nothing less. Read here  

Austerity

Larry Elliot: Some praise our gig economy flexibility. I call it exploitation

April 26, 2018 MDRose 0

While Silicon Valley cannot praise the gig economy enough as a great opportunity, they forget to add that it is a great opportunity for them to earn money, not the workers. Read here  

Economics

Larry Elliot: Could Donald Trump’s lone ranger approach provide the silver bullet?

April 23, 2018 MDRose 0

This could become truly embarrassing. First Donald Trump sank TTIP, saving Europeans from their own corrupt political elite. Now Larry Elliot raises the question if the world trade system has been so manipulated in the […]

Austerity

Welfare Weekly : More than a third of low-income working parents forced to skip meals

April 20, 2018 MDRose 0

“Let them eat twitter”. This is the Europe and Brtain created by the EU elite and Tories. This has nothing to do with Brexit or Remain, this is neo-liberalism. Read here  

Austerity

Asbjørn Wahl: Austerity Policies In Europe: There Is No Alternative

April 18, 2018 MDRose 0

“In addition to the democratic deficit that is built into the EU institutions, they have to a great extent acquired their form and content during the neoliberal era. They are therefore dominated by the interests […]

Austerity

Red Pepper: Why Europe needs Corbyn

April 18, 2018 MDRose 0

This is another article in our continuing debate concerning whether the neo-liberal EU can be reformed to become a democratic, progressive, and social political organisation. Read here  

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Economics

Ed Pemberton – A Question of Value: Raising Productivity by Lowering Inequality

April 16, 2018 MDRose 0

The focus on low productivity overlooks the crucial influence of inequality. Ed Pemberton, Doctoral Researcher, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute Cross-posted from Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) Wikimedia Commons   The latest release of […]

Economics

David Graeber and David Wengrow: How to change the course of human history (at least, the part that’s already happened)

April 16, 2018 MDRose 0

The story we have been telling ourselves about our origins is wrong, and perpetuates the idea of inevitable social inequality. David Graeber and David Wengrow ask why the myth of ‘agricultural revolution’ remains so persistent, […]

Finance

Mail Online: Several Amazon workers ‘have considered suicide since joining the company’, poll reveals while warehouse staff claim they have urinated into bottles because they’re afraid of ‘time-wasting’

April 15, 2018 MDRose 0

Manchester Capitalism is returning to Britain after being resurrected in the United States Read here  

Austerity

Larry Elliot: People want homes, jobs, a future: no wonder they distrust capitalism now

April 12, 2018 MDRose 0

“State control over the people replaced state control over the economy as the focus of policy”. This is what we mean when we refer to the EU government and the governments of the member states […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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