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David Whyte – Making a Killing

October 1, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

To find a solution to stop global warming, we shall have to find a solution to capitalism. David Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal Studies at the University of Liverpool. His book “Ecocide – Kill The […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory: Power and profit during a pandemic

September 21, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

In a pandemic the pharmaceutical industry is hailed as a saviour; yet the industry is using the crisis to lock in its problematic, profit-maximising model. Pushing for public money with no-strings-attached, and stronger monopoly patent […]

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Renegade Inc – Capital in the 21st Century: Justin Pemberton

September 1, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

When economist Thomas Picketty released his book ‘Capital in the 21Century’ people clambered to get a copy. The filmmaker Justin Pemberton has since made the film – in it, he points hard to how rentier […]

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Proton Mail: How Apple uses anti-competitive practices to extort developers and support authoritarian regimes

August 10, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Last week, the European Commission announced, in response to a complaint filed by Spotify, that it would be opening an investigation into Apple’s App Store practices, which potentially constitutes an illegal breach of EU competition […]

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James Meadway – Creating the Digital Commons after COVID-19

August 7, 2020 David Shirreff 0

The pandemic has accelerated the growth of the data economy and the digital giants who dominate it. It’s time to rethink how data is owned, governed and used. James Meadway is an economist and writer […]

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Michael Roberts – Taking on the ‘fearsome foursome’ and ‘market power’

August 1, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

High tech, monopolies, and labour. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog Last Thursday, the US-based global tech giants reported their quarterly earnings simultaneously.  […]

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Norbert Häring – The World Economic Forum is planning the “Great Reset” to prevent it from happening

July 31, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

As the global environmental and economic situation are rapidly deteriorating the rich and political class show once more how out of touch they are with reality – and hope to get us to join in […]

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Jaume Portell Caño – Poor Migrants, Rich intermediaries: the Remittance Business in Africa

July 2, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Several African countries depend on remittances sent by family members working in Europe or the US, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic. However, sending remittances to Africa has the highest cost in the world […]

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Dean Baker – The Dow and Government – Granted Patent Monopolies

July 1, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

There are a number of interesting points in this article. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from Dean Baker’s Beat The Press Blog One of […]

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Michael Roberts – Resetting the Economy – for Social Need not Profit

June 12, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Progress for equality and the environment is only possible with public ownership of the major financial institutions and multi-nationals so that the world can be planned through democratic organisations for social objectives, not for profit […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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