All is revealed
Alessandra Mezzadri explains how productivity barely covers anything in fast-fashion prices. In April this year, the UK multi-channel retail brand Missguided advertised the sale of a £1 bikini. It was …
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Financing a just transition
Nick Robins looks at why investors need to connect climate action with social justice. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), extra investment in clean energy could save the …
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Home Truths
Government spending that is not investment is like continual partying and drinking. Tanweer Ali tells how austerity was sold as common sense. In the early days of David Cameron’s coalition …
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You don’t count
Opaque reporting in company accounts is not in the public interest says Richard Murphy. The failings of accounting have been afforded much attention of late. This has been actively appropriate. …
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Workers byte back
Cross-border brands feel the heat from digitally organised labour. Grazia Ietto-Gillies explains. In 2014 the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) declared that in some 43 labour disputes filed since …
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Money for nothing and the risks for free
Limited liability is at the nub of it all. Paul Frijters points the finger. Roman men engaged in commerce had a problem: Roman law did not recognise limits to the …
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Fiscal fizz is less sweet
One year on, Ben Reynolds explores the impact of the high-profile “sugar tax”, and where it might go in future. I remember the moment, when two years into running a …
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Is meat dying?
As plant-based, flesh-like foods proliferate is the meat market being butchered. Dr Alexandra Sexton writes Vegan burger-maker, Beyond Meat, recently made global headlines for achieving the strongest public trading debut …
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Citizens Can
Anna Cura explains how thinking differently of ourselves can change the future of our food system to end its damaging influences on our world. I’ve always had a passion for food. The …
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What is the China Shock?
China’s authoritarianism is steadily consuming the previously democratic Hong Kong trading hub. It has become fashionable to talk about the China shock – the disruption to the international trading system …
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