Lorenzo Fioramonti is Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation and author of How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics (Zed Books, 2014)
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How complementary currencies can save EuropeThe Eurozone — "flawed at birth" — is failing its member states. As paper money declines in importance, it must...
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Published in: HomeThe BRICS of collapse? Why emerging economies need a different development modelThey have pursued GDP growth with little or no investment in human, social and natural capital. This does not bode...
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Published in: openEconomyGDP turns 80. Time to retire!
As GDP systematically disregards key sectors in the economy and neglects critical costs, no reasonable businessman...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The politics of numbers in the age of austerity
The inherent power of numbers explains why all sorts of data, good or bad, can become a potent weapon to shape...
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Published in: openEconomyFinancial watchdog: a move in the right direction
The formation of Finance Watch in Brussels may represent the first baby steps towards a body with the knowledge,...
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Published in: openEconomyA civil society watchdog for financial markets: where private foundations standOne might have expected charitable foundations - the financial muscle behind many civil society initiatives - to be...