Inequality
Guthrie Scrimgeour – You Aren’t Allowed in These Billionaire Towns
‘Welcome to the fully privatised city, where the ultrarich can do as they please — no whining from the rabble permitted.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Inequality
Economics
Prem Sikka: How successive British governments have created a new rentier economy
Governments appease corporations and the super-rich by following the old policies which benefit a few. Read Article HERE Licensed under the Open Government Licence version 1.0
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – Norway: the fossil fuel capital of Europe
Fossil fuels have helped Norway become one of the richest countries in the world, but political divisions over the future of energy policy and inequality are growing. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City […]
Geopolitics
Craig Murray – AI and the Urgent Need for a Politics of Altruism
We need a politics of altruism and empathy Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog Humans are naturally cooperative creatures. The ability […]
Economics
Michael Hudson, Ben Norton – America’s Free Lunch Economy
Economist Michael Hudson warns that the U.S. has morphed into a “free lunch economy,” where wealth flows not from production but from unearned rents and financial gains. Wall Street landlords like Blackstone buy up homes, […]
Austerity
Mathew D. Rose: The EU – Fascism is coming home
The EU was always about waging a class war against democracy and the working people of Europe Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of […]
Climate Crisis
Heikki Patomäki – The temporal logic of Trump II’s climate denialism
Glorifying the present, thinking in a timeless way, and longing for a golden age of the past can play a major role in bringing about a dystopian planetary future. Heikki Patomäki is Professor of World […]
Economics
EU politics
Giacomo Melli – The politics of inequality: perception over reality
Perceptions shape political preferences, and perceptions are not always based on reality. Giacomo Melli is a PhD researcher in Sociology at the University of Oxford and Trinity College. His research explores political participation and social […]
Economics
Jason Hickel, Dylan Sullivan – The real reason the West is warmongering against China
China’s technological development is now breaking Western monopolies, and may give other developing countries alternative suppliers for necessary goods at more affordable prices. Jason Hickel is a Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and […]