What I mean is simply that (some form of*) capitalism suits some countries better than others. And perhaps the UK is not one of these.
Environment
The Irish Times: EU critical of ‘severe’ weaknesses in Ireland’s fisheries controls
This is the lovely thing about the EU. So many beautiful laws concerning car emissions, taxes, workers’ rights, financial regulation, etc., but so full of loopholes (especially when it is about profits) that no one […]
Austerity
The Guardian: UK government warned over sharp rise in child and pensioner poverty
One in five of the population of the UK live in poverty – this includes 8 million working-age adults, 4 million children and 1.9 million pensioners. The not surprising news is that much worse is […]
Economics
Kate Allen: No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
Acutally a book review, but it gets to the point very quickly. Read here
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