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  Published in: Home: Feature

  The Global South needs urgent action on COP27’s loss and damage deal

  Written by: Amelia Womack All articles by Amelia Womack

  Exclusive: Farmers suffering worst droughts in 40 years tell openDemocracy how their communities are being destroyed

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis

  The Democratic Party has a lot to learn from southern activists

  Written by: Aaron White All articles by Aaron White

  To offer a coherent message to voters, the party must listen to those on frontlines of the far-right attack

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis

  The grain giants have made a bonanza from hunger. Time to take them apart

  Written by: Pat Mooney All articles by Pat Mooney

  The global food system urgently needs an overhaul to allow diverse crops, producers and supply routes

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Video

  How legacies of empire are breaking Britain’s economy

  Written by: Aaron White All articles by Aaron White

  openDemocracy’s new film BOOMERANG stars Kojo Koram and footballer John Barnes. Here’s how to watch

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  Why Britain’s labour movement needs a red-hot media strategy

  Written by: Torsten Geelan All articles by Torsten Geelan

  After a summer of strikes, unions need to up their media game to make real and lasting gains for workers

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  The UK needs a ‘right to food’. This is how it could work in practice

  Written by: Rob Booth All articles by Rob Booth

  As prices and inflation soar, we must rethink our global food systems to help people, not boost corporate profits

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  Even a Lula victory won’t necessarily mean a win for Brazil

  Written by: Andy Robinson All articles by Andy Robinson

  OPINION: Latin America’s Left needs a new development model to stop the continent’s ‘open veins’ from haemorrhaging

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis

  If Lula wins in Brazil, he will face harsh economic headwinds

  Written by: Alexander Kozul-Wright All articles by Alexander Kozul-Wright

  Lula would enter office with a progressive agenda. Will he be able to repeat the successes of his last presidency?

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis

  Whenever capitalism gets into crisis, it’s women’s bodies on the line

  Written by: Laura Basu All articles by Laura Basu

  From witch hunts to overturning Roe v Wade, violence against women is at the heart of our economic operating system

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis

  The hidden inflation that the political class won’t talk about

  Written by: Stewart Lansley All articles by Stewart Lansley

  Not everyone is feeling the pinch – those with assets are enjoying a wealth bonanza

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Analysis

  Fears for new UK Financial Bill as banks accused of profiting off hunger

  Written by: Margot Gibbs All articles by Margot Gibbs

  Written by: Ludo Hekman All articles by Ludo Hekman

  New bill will further weaken ‘watered down’ rules that allowed banks to gain billions as food and fuel prices soared

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  Liz Truss is returning to the fairytale economics of the 1980s

  Written by: Stewart Lansley All articles by Stewart Lansley

  Excessive inequality and wealth redistribution to the rich have wrecked the economy. ‘Trussonomics’ won’t help

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  Don’t Pay UK has the right idea – but it’s not enough

  Written by: Severia Bel All articles by Severia Bel

  No one ever won rights by asking nicely. But refusing to pay bills has risks that need to be mitigated

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  GDP is a useless measurement. But what should replace it?

  Written by: Lisa Hough-Stewart All articles by Lisa Hough-Stewart

  Written by: Nick Meynen All articles by Nick Meynen

  As the planet burns and living costs swell, the need to stop chasing short-term economic growth is clearer than ever

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  Inside the Democrats’ climate deal with the devil

  Written by: Aaron White All articles by Aaron White

  The new climate package furthers the US' most profligate pastimes: drilling oil and driving big cars

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  Published in: Home: Opinion

  How private corporations stole the sea from the commons

  Written by: Guy Standing All articles by Guy Standing

  Overfishing, seabed mining, corporate greed: let’s take back control of our marine environment for the common good

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  To end ‘hell on earth’ the US must free Afghanistan's $7bn reserves

  Written by: Andrés Arauz All articles by Andrés Arauz

  Biden must release Afghanistan’s foreign reserves to alleviate suffering, argues Ecuador’s ex-central bank director

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  We need a new Bretton Woods – but this time it must be truly inclusive

  Written by: Richard Kozul-Wright All articles by Richard Kozul-Wright

  Written by: Kevin P. Gallagher All articles by Kevin P. Gallagher

  Our global economic system is failing. We need a fresh start to address the inequities of the past 80 years

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  Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion

  A supernova looms: world debt reaches critical mass

  Written by: John Smith All articles by John Smith

  Aggressive interest rate hikes portend a global recession. The question is, how bad will it be?

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  Published in: Home: News

  Government’s anti-union law will push wages down, economist warns

  Written by: Adam Bychawski All articles by Adam Bychawski

  Ministers could be breaking international law by allowing employers to bring in agency workers to break strikes