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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Might clubbing
Gerald Epstein is an unusual academic; he is also a Bankers’ Club Buster, by which he means someone who is part of the US movement to bust up the power …
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All together now
Bernie Mullin is a working-class Liverpudlian who made (very) good in the US of A. While avowedly non-political, he has decided that he owes it to his adopted country to …
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The wall of money
Anne Pettifor, veteran campaigner, economist and author, has a mission, possibly her last one before retiring to her garden. She wants people to understand better how global financial markets, particularly …
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The truth and the way
Bélair is an intrepid researcher who walked miles in Tanzania to increase her chances of finding the truth. She was trying to understand how the high-stakes game of farmland investment …
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Small ideas
Smaje is a social scientist turned grower in Somerset. When he is not working the fields, he is thinking and writing about what a future food system might look like. …
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The finish line
Jem Bendell is a self-described “doomster”. He started out as an activist promoting corporate sustainability in the 90s, shifting to academia as a professor of sustainable development recognised by the …
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Free in freezing
Fardin was an activist student in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, in 2021, when the Taliban took control, turning his world upside down. He now lives in Russia near the Arctic circle. …
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Smash and grab
Ruben Andersson and David Keen are academic investigators seeking to understand what they see as a conundrum: How come politicians and their collaborators are able to pursue for so long, …
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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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