Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, and a research associate at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. He is the co-author of the critically acclaimed book 'Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing'.
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisRishi Sunak said he’d protect the vulnerable. So why is he making them pay?The chancellor is fuelling a two-tier recovery, where the winners from the pandemic prosper at the expense of everyone else
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureSix ways Donald Trump can still be brought to justiceThe impeachment trial may have failed, but the former president has multiple legal battles ahead of him
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe GameStop frenzy shows why we can’t let casino capitalism drive the COVID recoveryIt’s time to call the speculation that powered the GameStop surge what it really is: socially useless gambling that...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPor qué el 2021 es la última oportunidad para evitar el colapso climáticoLa Covid-19 y el cambio climático son dos caras de la misma moneda. En 2008 rescatamos a los bancos, en 2021,...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy 2021 is humanity’s make-or-break moment on climate breakdown
COVID-19 and climate change are two sides of the same coin. To overcome both we must confront their root cause: an...
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Published in: ourEconomySix charts that reveal America’s deep dividesThe US election is the most divisive in decades. But the fractures running through US society long predate COVID-19.