Same as the old boss
In November 2020, Zambia defaulted on its international debt, the first African country to do so since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Howard Stein and Horman Chitonge criticise the …
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Viennese faults
The good professor sings Chicago and thinks it’s time to question a broadcasting dynasty. Please, nobody mention the Dimblebys. I used to be a fan. The melodious Richard on the …
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Can America be Progressive Again?
Alan Freeman asks why the US fears being progressive when its economic power was built by progressive policies. Imagine this: a new US political party stands for election committed to …
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Austerity in Brazil – the dangerous cuts
Neoliberal policies have infected both arms of politics in Brazil and its people are falling sick. Diogo Mazeron writes. After a very close and polarised election at the end of …
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Merry morality
It is that time of year. We are not a religious family, yet we attended our local church’s atmospheric Christmas Eve midnight mass, complete with candles and carols, as many …
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Some readers might find these upsetting
Henry Leveson-Gower examines two texts that explain how neoliberal thinking and human frailty brought us to where we are. Richard Seymour, Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization, Verso 2024 …
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A solid case – summary
Interview with historian Tehila Sasson on the solidarity economy and its relationship to neoliberalism. Headlines The solidarity economy aimed to make capitalism more ethical by connecting values like solidarity and …
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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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IMF at 80: Enough colonial exploitation of debt
Mass protests rocking Kenya in the past month have once again laid bare the predatory lending practices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Placards read “IMF keep your hands off Kenya,” …
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Debt crisis: paradox or plain wrong?
Guy Dauncey says we can dig ourselves out of the accumulating mountain of private debt but a lot needs to change. The Paradox of Debt is a new book by …
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