Andrew Sayer

Andrew Sayer is author of Why We Can’t Afford the Rich, Policy Press, 2014, and Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University, UK

Moral economy: a different way of thinking about the future

The current economic system has ‘wealth extraction’ masquerading as ‘wealth creation’ to the long-term detriment of everybody, even the super rich. New thinking is needed.

By Andrew Sayer

/ 20 Jan 2016

Moral economy: a different way of thinking about the future

The current economic system has ‘wealth extraction’ masquerading as ‘wealth creation’ to the long-term detriment of everybody, even the super rich. New thinking is needed.

By Andrew Sayer

/ 20 Jan 2016

Is unearned income acceptable?

The rich get rich through wealth extraction, not wealth creation. It’s time that was put to an end.

By Andrew Sayer

/ 19 Jan 2015