Forget GDP growth, it’s sustainable wellbeing we need to aim for
An EU conference on sustainable wellbeing provided a real vision for a future that’s fairer for all
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionFood corporations paid shareholders $53.5bn while millions went hungryOPINION: Without food sovereignty, private businesses will continue profiteering at the expense of the planet
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionThe UK and EU must leave the Energy Charter Treaty togetherOPINION: We can’t be held hostage by a 1990s treaty that allows fossil fuel firms to sue governments
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Published in:ourEconomy: VideoEmpire not only made the colonies. It made the unequal Britain we see today
openDemocracy’s new film BOOMERANG, exploring the legacies of empire through Liverpool’s docks, is available online
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisHow Britain’s Covid support for big business entrenched inequalityWe researched exec pay, shareholder dividends and wage gaps in firms that received public cash. Here’s what we found
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Published in: Home: InvestigationUK airlines’ new ‘sustainable’ fuels may be causing deforestation in AsiaExclusive: Experts fear lack of industry regulation means virgin palm oil is being passed off as ‘used’ cooking oil
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Published in: Home: FeatureHow the lithium rush in West Africa is harming rural communitiesThe scramble for ‘green economy’ lithium is bringing strain and uncertainty for rural West Africans
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: NewsBrazil’s Indigenous peoples celebrate Lula but warn: more needs to be doneBrasilia’s first big Indigenous gathering since Lula took office pushed its ‘number one priority’ – land rights
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionA proper ‘pandemic treaty’ would value universal access over profitOPINION: The WHO’s draft treaty being debated in Geneva does not tackle the power imbalance in global health
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Published in: Home: NewsTrade secretary Kemi Badenoch dined with anti-climate lobbyists in USMinister had secret meeting with oil-backed think tank that warned UK government not to listen to climate scientists
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Published in: Home: AnalysisHere’s how Humza Yousaf can deliver a fairer, greener ScotlandAfter 16 years in power, the SNP is stagnating. With these 16 policies, the new first minister can change that
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBreaking corporate monopolies is the only way to save democracyOPINION: Tackling our most pressing problems will require taking back the enormous power held by the 1%
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Published in: Home: NewsUK government lets airlines off the hook for £300m air pollution billThe government wrote off emissions equivalent to 400,000 passengers flying from London to Sydney and back in one year
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDon’t be fooled by childcare pledges, Hunt’s budget offers the bare minimumOPINION: The chancellor failed to tackle the cost of living crisis, but threw money at big business and top earners
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisCovid reshaped the global labour market – these strikes are just the startBetween ageing populations, shifting attitudes and challenges to capitalist beliefs, workers have unprecedented power
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisCentrica’s profits prove our energy system is built for shareholdersOPINION: We need a publicly owned clean energy system, not one built to maximise fossil fuel firms’ profits
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Published in: Home: NewsBP, Shell, Exxon and co. bag £1bn handout as profits soarExclusive: Government giveaway of CO2 permits helped fossil fuel giants achieve record-breaking profits
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionBrazil’s Indigenous peoples survived Bolsonaro. Now Lula has won, what next?Bolsonaro’s genocidal policies devastated Indigenous communities. After four years of trauma, they can breathe again
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow climate justice and police violence are inextricably linkedOPINION: The killing of Chris Kaba and the climate crisis are all part of the same imperialist, capitalism system
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisAre we seeing the collapse of the dollar-dominated global economy?Financial shocks in recent years are forcing the global monetary architecture to change, say some economists
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionGreta Thunberg’s arrest shows why we must abolish the Energy Charter TreatyOPINION: The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking climate change action. It must go
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisBlackRock says we’re all doomed. It’s being optimisticThe world’s largest asset manager has forecast systemic economic chaos. The reality is even worse
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWest Papuan campaigners want a ‘green state’. Could it help the planet?OPINION: Independence activists want to combine the best parts of liberal democracy with indigenous traditions
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe government’s wrong. We can afford public sector pay risesOPINION: There’s one obvious way to fund public sector wage increases: tax the wealthy