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Bill Mitchell: Modest (insipid) Green New Deal proposals miss the point – Part 1

July 26, 2019 MDRose 0

The response to climate change can only be a robust economic, political, and social revolution, but we have a lot of people tinkering on the edges. Read here Read Part 2 here

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Ben Wray – Platform Capitalism: How Digital Platforms Took Over the World and What to do About It

July 24, 2019 MDRose 0

CommonSpace editor Ben Wray examines the rise of the digital platforms, which are based on a fundamentally different set of characteristics than the global economic giants of the past Ben Wray is CommonSpace editor and […]

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Renegade Inc: Guy Standing – Rentier Britain, All the rent goes to the 1%

July 15, 2019 MDRose 0

There are three fundamental issues that lie at the heart of our current economic malaise: the first is unearned income and wealth from land rent, the second is the creation of money by privately owned […]

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John Weeks – Post-Capitalism: Nationalisation of Monopolies

July 9, 2019 MDRose 0

One need not break up monopolies if they provide basic services and letting predatory capitalism continue, but to nationalise them to serve the common good. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African […]

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William Lazonick – The idea that businesses are run to maximize profits for shareholders is just plain wrong

July 1, 2019 MDRose 0

Ever heard that a corporation’s sole duty is to maximize value for shareholders? In the go-go ‘80s, business schools, government organizations, and most public companies took up this mantra. It stuck around. William Lazonick, emeritus […]

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Michael Roberts – Facing Up To Libra

June 30, 2019 MDRose 0

Continuing our series on Libra, we are posting an anlysis by the Marxist economist Michael Roberts. Libra is the name that Facebook, the global social network company, is calling its planned international digital currency. What […]

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Richard Murphy – Facebook, Libra and the Threat It Poses to Government as We Know It

June 28, 2019 MDRose 0

The writing is on the wall. The neo-liberal strategy of the monopolists is clear. Richard Murphy analyses this, and its consequences, brilliantly. Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of […]

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Open Markets – Why Monopolies Abroad Don’t Justify Monopolies at Home

June 9, 2019 MDRose 0

Written from a US perspective, but just as relevant for the EU. Open Markets uses research and journalism to expose the dangers of monopolization, identifies changes in policy and law to address them, and educates […]

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Harald Schumann – Legislation from closed chambers – how (un)democratic is the EU?

May 21, 2019 MDRose 0

The leaders of the European Union guide democracy in name only. In practice, they constantly override it and violate fundamental democratic norms on a grand scale. The anti-democratic practices in the Council of the EU, […]

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Finance

Chris Hughes: It’s Time to Break Up Facebook

May 9, 2019 MDRose 0

A co-founder of facebook calls for it being broken up. Read here

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

June 11, 2026 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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