Common grievance
Guy Standing shares with The Mint his uncommon understanding of a fundamental political issue that pervades history to the present day. When Guy Standing speaks about the commons, he doesn’t …
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The nurture nature argument
Samantha Power directs the think-and-do tank, the BioFi Project, which seeks to reimagine how capital flows can support place-based biocultural regeneration. The Mint spoke with Power about her critique of …
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On commons ground
Let’s move beyond socialism and capitalism: we need something with more in commons – David Bollier talks to The Mint. When David Bollier talks about “the commons,” he is not …
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Lucre ahead
David McWilliams is both an academic expert in monetary economics and has worked for the Irish central bank, so he understands the realities of creating money. His book, Money, has …
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Common sense
Christian Felber is a writer, lecturer and contemporary dancer. He founded the Economy for the Common Good movement, which has spread around the world. He has been thinking about how …
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Lost leader
Ann Pettifor has long been an influential commentator on the state of global economies and finance, since leading a successful campaign for debt relief for developing countries in the 90s, …
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Unsafe harbours
Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf Studies born in Iran to politically radical parents, uses her understanding of material structures such as ports, shipping, and mining, to build a picture …
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Route of all evil
In a far-ranging interview, economist Jo Michell, navigates us through key periods and transformations in economic thought, culminating in the cataclysmic event of the Second World War. Key points Pre-Smith …
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Subjugate to accumulate
Classical economics developed at a time when slavery, colonialism and empires were the norm, but such relationships never get mentioned in the great works that have shaped the discipline of …
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To coin a phrase
Thorstein Veblen, a name barely recognised outside academic circles, was a revolutionary economist who challenged the core tenets of his discipline and called out displays of wealth. Mary V. Wrenn, …
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