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Jason Hickel – Universal public services: the power of decommodifying survival

April 13, 2023 Mathew D. Rose 2

Universal public services and a climate job guarantee: these are popular interventions that would abolish economic insecurity, liberate our economy from growth imperatives, and provide the basis for a united climate and labour movement. Jason […]

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Martha Dillon – We need more than new homes: New census data confirms UK building stock is growing faster than population

January 18, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The widespread notion that there is simply not enough houses being built is ignorant of the facts. You can’t tackle the housing crisis without tackling the liberalisation of the housing market. Cross-posted from Positive Money […]

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Jeremy Corbyn: The Cost-of-Living Crisis Demands That We Democratize the Economy

January 2, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Bring basic resources like energy, water, railways, and the postal service into democratic public ownership, writes the former Labour leader. Read the article HERE.

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Guy Standing – The Era of Rentier Capitalism

December 14, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

By the end of the twentieth century, the global economy and global society had become dominated by Big Finance Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the […]

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Guy Standing – Progressives should embrace Eco-Fiscal Policy: a Commons Capital Fund

October 27, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Something has to change and here are a number of excellent ideas. Guy Standing is a Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London and a council member of the Progressive Economy Forum. His new book […]

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Jem Bendell – The biggest mistakes in climate communications, part 2 – Climate Brightsiding

September 15, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 1

The public good and stopping climate change are inseperable and existential Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership, University of Cumbria, UK Read Part 1 HERE Photo: Helena Lopes via Pexels Grandpa didn’t cry wolf. […]

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Paul Allin, Diane Coyle, Tim Jackson – Moving beyond GDP is key to tackling a world in crisis

August 26, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Gross domestic product remains the predominant measure of progress across the world, it’s time to change that. Amid the global threats posed by climate change, spiralling energy costs, insecure employment and widening inequality, the need […]

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Macro n Cheese: Jason Hickel – Please Look Up

August 13, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Near the start of this episode, Jason Hickel raises Noam Chomsky’s position that the urgency of the climate crisis is so dire it will have to be dealt with under capitalism. There isn’t time to […]

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Guy Standing – The Blue Commons: Combating Rentier Capitalism in the Sea

July 15, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The global privatisation of the sea Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, and a councillor of the Progressive Economy Forum. His new […]

Climate Crisis

Democracy versus Sustainability by Boris Frankel

January 26, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose Currently the market is flooded with books about climate change. Many more are on their way. The message of most of these is “The situation has gone from grim […]

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Taking Control – Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit by Philip Cunliffe, George Hoare, Lee Jones, Peter Ramsay

May 21, 2023 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose We shall soon be marking the seventh anniversary of the Brexit Referendum of 23 June 2016. The four authors of this book were part of the Full Brexit collective […]

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Breaking Together – a freedom-loving response to collapse by Jem Bendell

May 11, 2023 1

Book Review by Andrew Medhurst “This book provides…the basis for freeing ourselves from old compromises, and exploring what we might do with the rest of our lives.” Jem Bendell It’s no exaggeration to claim that […]

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