A dog in the manger
We had snatched a festive triumph from the jaws of defeat. Then the canine went crackers. I will be so glad to see Christmas over. The last few weeks have …
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Some readers might find these upsetting
Henry Leveson-Gower examines two texts that explain how neoliberal thinking and human frailty brought us to where we are. Richard Seymour, Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization, Verso 2024 …
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Oil’s not well
Adam Hanieh is a Professor of Political Economy. His latest book, Crude Capitalism, aims to help us understand the nature of the fossil fuel economy, which he considers essential for …
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The long and winding road
Anja Mihr is a political scientist based in Germany and Kyrgyzstan, which happens to be next door to China, where she is no longer welcome—it is worth a look at …
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Sweatshop working – not all it seems
Mirjam Muller is a feminist philosopher based in Berlin with a very practical bent: the ethics of sweatshops where most of the clothes we wear are made by women in …
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Magic money
As a campaigner on the front line of exploitation, Nat Dyer has seen the impacts of economic ideology and has turned to explaining its origins. His is the story of …
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A solid case – summary
Interview with historian Tehila Sasson on the solidarity economy and its relationship to neoliberalism. Headlines The solidarity economy aimed to make capitalism more ethical by connecting values like solidarity and …
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A solid case
In her recently published book, Tehila Sasson, a modern historian, investigates the origins and impacts of the ideas and implementation of the ‘solidarity economy’. In it, she provides a fascinating …
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Artificially safe or really sorry
Bronwyn Howell asks: where artificial intelligence is as capricious as humans, how do you make rules that govern its risk? The 2023 USA Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and …
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Time for a switch
Ellie Standen explains how levies break, dividends divide and it’s time to take back the power industry into the public sector. Keir Starmer’s Labour Government has promised great things in …
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