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Laurie Macfarlane

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Laurie Macfarlane – Scotland is on the global frontlines of The Great Net-Zero Land Grab

November 29, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

As investors look to profit from the carbon-offset gold rush, demand for land is soaring. But letting Big Finance restore nature may come at a cost Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, and a […]

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Laurie Macfarlane – Tackling climate breakdown and delivering economic justice must go hand in hand

October 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Global leaders will fail to address the climate crisis unless they confront its root cause: an unjust economic system that is killing the planet Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, and a research associate […]

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Laurie Macfarlane – Why 2021 is humanity’s make-or-break moment on climate breakdown

January 26, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

COVID-19 and climate change are two sides of the same coin. To overcome both we must confront their root cause: an economic system that is killing the planet. Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, […]

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Laurie Macfarlane – Looking Ahead After COVID: What Role for the State?

December 6, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

For the few that are watching developments closely, we are to be recipients of a Brown Deal,  states rescuing climate destructive corporations just as the banks were saved after the Global Financial Crisis. Laurie Macfarlane […]

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Renegade Inc: Josh Ryan-Collins, Laurie Mcfarlane – Bailing Out or Bankrupting Britain?

July 4, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Boris Johnson said that this was going to be a brilliant year for the UK. But not only has the Treasury had to indiscriminately bail out many UK businesses but the governor of the Bank […]

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Laurie Macfarlane – Corona Crisis: By Protecting Rentier Interests, we are making the Most Vulnerable pay for the Crisis

May 13, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Covid-19 has sharpened the divide between landlords and tenants, and debtors and creditors. We all must ask: whose side are we on? Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, and a research associate at the […]

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Laurie Macfarlane – New Economics are the Method: the Goal is to Change the World

October 31, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The set of economic ideas that have dominated politics for the past 40 years are rapidly losing legitimacy in the face of multiple crises, and the idea of economics as a ​‘value free’ science is starting […]

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Laurie Macfarlane – We already live in a planned economy – we just need to take the steering wheel

March 12, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Market arrangements always favour certain outcomes over others, and ensure that social arrangements stay within set parameters. Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, and a research associate at the UCL Institute for Innovation and […]

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Laurie Macfarlane – Why the distribution of wealth has more to do with power than productivity

September 30, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The distribution of wealth has little to do with contribution or productivity, and everything to do with politics and power. Laurie macfarlane is Economics Editor at openDemocracy Cross-posted from Open Democracy Image: Glenn Halog, CC […]

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

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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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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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