Owen Jones: Austerity kills: this week’s figures show its devastating toll

The term “Highly sustainable crop based biofuels” (HSCBBs) sounds environmentally friendly. It sounds like the kind of low-carbon biofuel that avoids the food vs. fuel debate. But unfortunately, the term now means perpetuating the biofuel business as […]

Wren-Lewis takes a very sobering approach to the idea of creating a European Monetary Fund. The problem is, who should run it? Definitely not politicians, writes Wren-Lewis. He sees the technocrats as the lesser evil. […]

From The Independent Robert Fisk is in favour of international justice, especially in the case of war crimes. There is just one problem. There is no system in place to indict all war criminals, just […]