Down to business
Martin Parker asks whether business schools might be able to help address carbon capitalism, rather than simply teaching it. On Wednesday 3 June 1970, the Board of Social Studies at …
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The End of the beginning
As the climate crisis has escalated over the past decade, there has been a conspicuous absence of films that mirror the predicament we are faced with. Climate philosopher and activist …
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Natural beauties: a dollar and a half to see ‘em
Nicolette Boater investigates whether privilege, connection or economic thinking and practice wins the day for nature’s protection. The image is by James Allen. In summer 2023 the UK’s National Trust …
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Unhealthy profits
Surgery by Christopher Mouré and Shai Gorsky to explore what takes the not out of not-for-profit healthcare in the US. At the end of November 2023, the New York Times …
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How scarce is an opportunity
William Darity Jr. explains why scarcity isn’t everything. One of the consistent obstacles for aggressive action to address global warming is encapsulated in the question, “How will we pay for …
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When economists shut off your water
This account is based on the findings of ethnographic research conducted in Kayole Soweto, Nairobi, in 2022 by Adrian Wilson, Irene Nduta and Somo Abdi and written by Adrian and Irene with …
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The cost of killing crisis
The economics of war do not add up to anything good. Frances Coppola tallies. Wars are costly. Not just for the participants, but for everyone. Human lives are destroyed, productive …
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Stripped back
Life’s bare necessities are revealed in death to Professor Verity Bastion. Nowadays I attend more funerals than cocktail parties. They can be quite jolly affairs and it is remarkable what …
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Moral bankruptcy
Colin Mayer CBE is an eminent Oxford University professor and fellow of the British Academy – the top club for social scientists. He believes that capitalism is in crisis and …
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Money talks
Seven years ago a group of students who were central to the revolt against mainstream economic teaching in universities, published a book, The Econocracy. This book criticised mainstream economics education …
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