Dick Pountain is a computer journalist and political blogger.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKConnection lost: the crisis of social democracy
Labour's only way forward is not as the champion of either business or the working class, but as an honest referee...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHere come the robots?
While the rumoured AI takeover of economic life may be far fetched for technological reasons, there are also serious...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGilt by association
Is there a case for re-examining the collapse of 2008 in light of Thomas Piketty's new book?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThoughts on 2013 - a slow motion train wreck
2013 was the year the true nature of this UK Coalition became visible: it hasn't the faintest idea how to mend the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCool capitalism: changing the principles of protest
Advertising and marketing firms have helped to promote individuality through the image of 'cool', something that was...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe battle between countries and companies
The wild profits and net worths that the internet has enabled has created a massive power shift, leaving the...