He who pays the piper
Baker: his message struggles to be heard because a lot of money goes into calling the other tune. Dean Baker explains how calls for a new type of market – …
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Red and expert – an insight into studying economics in China
The drag in dragon: lectures on Chinese socialism are more mind numbing than brainwashing. China’s universities revere Western economists. But the students still battle to stay awake through lectures on …
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Land locked
Money for nothing: Neoclassical economics leaves windfalls from land ownership largely overlooked. As the value of land swells, generations in the UK who didn’t catch the tide of house ownership …
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We seem to be playing a game of political Russian roulette in UK. Place your cross – pull the trigger for a new leader – see what happens. Labour’s pseudo …
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Verity
Professor Verity Bastion seeks to steady the ship in these turbulent times with some common sense. There is something about Theresa May that reminds me of the Maid of Lorraine. …
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Land reform and dispossession in Africa
How handing out titles to the poor can make the rich richer. By Howard Stein, Ann Arbor, Faustin Maganga, Rie Odgaard and Kelly Askew. There was a time when …
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A strategic view
Is nothing better than industrial strategy? Former business secretary, Sir Vince Cable, charts the course of UK policy from backing no one to promoting potential. Speaking the day after prime …
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Greece: a crisis wrapped in a calamity inside a tragedy
Greece is a beautiful place in a terrible economic mess. Does that make it a land of opportunity or have its people been forced over a cliff edge by the …
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Open sesame: the keypad to China’s treasures
Why ker-ching! has become bleep! in China’s cities. Joshua Howey discovers the future for buying a sandwich in the street. As I stepped off the bus and onto the noisy …
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Costa Rica – a Dark Brew
Water management in Costa Rica is crucial in maintaining the country’s valuable eco-tourism industry and vital cash crops. But it is struggling through an undergrowth of fragmented responsibilities and competing …
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