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Guy Standing – How the precariat – and UBI – can stop neoliberalism from destroying the planet

November 2, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Taxes on exploiting the commons – both exhaustible and non-exhaustible resources – could be used to give people basic financial security. Dr Guy Standing is Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London, Fellow of the […]

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Lucas S. Ferro, Sergi Cutillas , Toni Pérez – The taxi strike in Barcelona: the right to work versus the fake sharing economy

August 2, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Taxi drivers in Madrid and Barcelona temporarily terminated their strike Wednesday night. The decision was made following an emergency meeting between national and regional authorities concerning Über and Cabify, which the taxi sectors views as […]

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George Monbiot – How to really take back control

April 5, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

A wide ranging lecture by George Monbiot that ticks almost all boxes.

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New Weather Institute – Crapitalism: & the alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing

February 12, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Taking back power means taking back control of the ecnomic system. Privatisation has stolen public wealth and is now leaving behind a bill as well, such as for unpaid pension contributions and taxes. Lindsay Mackie […]

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Aditya Chakrabortty: Britain is being stalked by a zombie elite – time to take them on

January 17, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Democracy is the government of the people by the people for the people. As gpvernments fail miserably, it is time to take back power. Aditya Chakrabortty is beginning a series of how this is being […]

Deregulation

Bill Mitchell: Renationalisation – when self-promoted genius becomes plain lame

January 16, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Privatisation has been one of the greatest wealth re-distributions in history – to the benefit of the wealthy. Now that most Europeans have understood this, the same perpetrators are coming up with people friendly privatisation. […]

Finance

Will Hutton: We can undo privatisation. And it won’t cost us a penny

January 9, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

End privitisation. A vast majority of Britons want their utilities and railways renationalised. Will Hutton suggests an alternative: The Public Benefit Company. Read here  

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Is the European Commission preparing a new privatisation push?

November 19, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Concerns have been aroused that a new wave of privatisation could be prepared after the European Commission asked KPMG to study the “operational and fiscal challenges” which state-owned enterprises place on the public purse. The […]

Economics

The Divide – A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions by Jason Hickel

November 5, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose The subtitle of Jason Hickel’s book “The Divide” is something of an understatement. The book is neither brief, nor is it a guide. Instead Hickel has written a brilliant […]

Austerity

The Corruption of Capitalism – Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay by Guy Standing

October 15, 2017 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose In 2011 Guy Standing wrote a book titled “The Precariat – The New Dangerous Class”, which showed great prescience. By the second paragraph he had already predicted what would […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

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Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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