Pot look
Problems with pensions exhibit the same concerns that drive our inability to tackle the environmental crisis and other great societal issues. We need to recognise uncomfortable truths and meaningfully support …
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The bigger picture
A million pounds can go a long way but sometimes it can be hard to know where to turn. Louise Tickle goes to Cumbria. Two women stand in the middle of …
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The silence about violence
Susie Steed used to teach economics to undergraduates, but she can’t bear to any longer. She tells why. I’ve been trying to describe to people why I’m no longer teaching …
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EXCLUSIVE: Over a thousand election candidates commit to reforming Westminster’s ‘broken’ voting system
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this piece suggested that Jeremy Corbyn had rejected PR in a statement. This was incorrect and we’re happy to put the record straight. Nearly third of …
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The gravity of the situation
People risk their lives to defend an environment they, and we can thrive in, but they are also changing our global economy. Nick Meynen writes. One June morning in 2008 …
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A politics of belonging
Seed-sharing commons help Indian women restore native crops while emancipating themselves from dependency on multinational corporations selling expensive, proprietary GMO seeds. The Commons as a set of responsibilities and entitlements: …
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Youth Suicides by Firearms on the Rise
A school shooting with multiple fatalities is certain to make the headlines. After all, it’s major news when a kid gets shot and killed, right? Well, not necessarily — because …
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Climate Justice Groups Protest Use of Carbon Markets for Meeting Paris Goals
Climate justice advocates at the UN climate summit this week are focusing their frustration over global climate inaction into one highly technical debate: What role should carbon markets play in …
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Governments should put wellbeing of citizens ahead of GDP in budget priorities, Iceland PM urges
Governments should prioritise environmental and social factors in their budgets instead of GDP, Iceland’s prime minister has urged, in a call for “an alternative future based on wellbeing and inclusive growth”. Katrin Jakobsdottir emphasised …
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Money and Government – Robert Skidelsky
A critical examination of economics’s past and future, and how it needs to change, by one of the most eminent political economists of our time The dominant view in economics is …
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