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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 […]

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Jonathan Hopkin – Financialization, inequality and the university

February 19, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Higher education and financialization have nothing to do with one another. Mixing the two is toxic, as we are witnessing wherever it occurs. Jonathan Hopkin is Professor in the European Institute and the Department of […]

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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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When McKinsey comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanovitch and Michael Forsythe

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Book Review by Roger Steer In January 2021 Brave New Europe published “The Americanisation of European Healthcare” which was my attempt to describe the forces at work to change the way healthcare is delivered in […]

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Do You Want to Know the Truth? by Rupert Read

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Book Review by Alison Teal Honesty is the key word for Rupert Read’s new book Do You Want to Know the Truth? Rarely is this book what one would consider ‘light’ reading. Collecting some of […]

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