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Lucie Russell – Why It’s Time to Abolish the Poverty Premium

April 18, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

A cruel irony of modern capitalism is that people in poverty are forced to pay more for many essential products and services. This is what is known as the ‘poverty premium’ – the extra cost […]

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Common Space: Scotland should get rid of Mastercard and Visa and introduce national payment service

April 18, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

In the first of a two-part series, financial IT systems expert Peter Ryan writes for Common Weal on his latest policy paper, ‘Paying Our Way’. which advocates for the creation of a publicly owned payments […]

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Andrew Murphy – Governments Can Stop Other Airlines Joining Ryanair as Top-10 Emitter

April 17, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Aviation is the most carbon-intensive mode of transport, and Europe’s fastest-growing source of emissions. Time to stop the rot. Andrew Murphy writes on aviation for Transport & Environment Cross-posted from Transport & Environment Ryanair grabbed […]

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Laura Basu – The ‘Washington Consensus’ is dead. But what should replace it?

April 16, 2019 David Shirreff 0

We need a new vision for global economic governance that is guided by the principle of subsidiarity. Laura Basu is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture. Cross-posted from […]

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Urgewald – World Bank Pumps Billions Into Fossil Fuel Projects

April 16, 2019 David Shirreff 0

A study commissioned by the German NGO Urgewald exposes the climate-damaging activities of the world’s most powerful development institution. Urgewald is a non-profit environmental and human rights organisation based in Germany Cross-posted from Urgewald Urgewald’s […]

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Richard Murphy – The Green New Deal and Local Government

April 15, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Don’t wait for the big investments to get the Green New Deal going, writes Richard Murphy, there is plenty that can be done at the local and micro level. It’s all part of changing the […]

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Heiner Flassbeck – Common Sense and Macroeconomic Logic

April 15, 2019 David Shirreff 0

Most economists and journalists don’t understand that when companies save rather than borrow and make investments, the state must run a deficit – a lesson that surplus-crazy Austrians and Germans have not learned, yet. Heiner […]

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Michael Roberts – Capitalism: A delicate moment

April 14, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Michael Roberts takes another look at the development of the world economy. Michael Roberts – Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog The IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington […]

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Frances Coppola – Keynes and the Death of Capitalism

April 14, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Frances Coppola re-examines what the goal of Bretton Woods was. Frances Coppola  is the author of the Coppola Comment finance and economics blog, a contributor to Forbes and the Financial Times and other publications. She […]

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Austerity

Jorge Amar and Scott Ferguson – Power, Corruption & Lies: A Left View of the Upcoming Spanish Election

April 13, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Spain and Catalonia are heading into an election. Jorge Amar and Scott Ferguson analyse the current economic and political situation. Jorge Amar is a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and the […]

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The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian

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Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early […]

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