This article features extracts from Richard Brook’s new book, Bean Counters: The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism.
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Economics
Bill Mitchell – British labour market – rise in self-employment driving growth
“The proportion of self-employed who are working part-time has risen from 17.6 per cent in the June-quarter 1992 to 30.1 per cent in the November-quarter 2018.” This is something that could well be relevant for […]
EU politics
City Lab: In Need of Housing, Barcelona Fines Landlords For Long-Vacant Buildings
The massive fines levied against the investment funds have been interpreted as a “declaration of war” from Mayor Ada Colau, who wants more affordable housing. Read here
Economics
Vitor Mellow: The Neoliberal Tale
The rise of neoliberalism was not spontaneous but rather orchestrated and planned; it was a collective transnational movement to counteract the mainstream of the time; it was originated out of delusion in a period marked […]
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