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Published in:ourEconomy: ExplainerIn 2008, we bailed out the banks. In 2021, we need to bail out the planetThe COVID-19 pandemic is not a random event. It is a symptom of a global economic system that is destroying the...
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionConspiracy theories aside, there is something fishy about the Great ResetIt’s a corporate takeover of global governance that affects our food, our data and our vaccines
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Published in:ourEconomy: FeatureHow undocumented workers took on the New York establishment – and wonAfter 23 days on hunger strike, undocumented workers in New York won access to COVID relief funds. Now others across...
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureCanada’s elections: How the climate crisis is reshaping politicsIn June, Canada became one of the hottest places on Earth – forcing its political parties to confront the realities...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisNeoliberalism is dying – now we must replace itFrom taming Big Tech to competing with China, Western governments are abandoning free-market policies. But what does...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHearts have shown how fan ownership can change football for the betterThe Edinburgh institution’s triumph from facing bankruptcy to becoming the UK’s biggest fan-owned football club...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDelivering reparatory justice means uprooting the legacies of colonialismReparations are not charity or aid – but an acknowledgment of responsibility by industrialised nations that they...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTrans activism isn’t just about pronouns and bathrooms. It’s about class struggleThe new field of ‘trans Marxism’ teaches us that we shouldn’t be fighting for inclusion but for liberation
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Published in: ourEconomyThe reparative economyInstead of a system that puts profit over people and the planet, we need to build an economy that prioritises repair...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTackling the climate crisis must not come at the expense of eradicating global hungerRelying on planting trees to meet net zero targets is not only practically impossible – it risks pushing millions...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEurope’s flooding shows why the green transition must be driven by people-powerIt’s time to stop viewing people as victims of environmental breakdown, and start viewing them as an essential part...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSpace: the final frontier for the planet’s wealthiest?Space travel was once about collective efforts to go beyond the limits of one’s imagination. Now it’s an exhibition...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisAsset strippers are preparing to feast on Britain’s COVID-ravaged economyArmed with record piles of cash, private equity firms are scouring the globe for vulnerable prey. British companies,...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisWelcome to the age of asset manager capitalismGiant investment firms now dominate the corporate world. Is it time to rein them in?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe time for a four-day week has arrivedA new experiment from Iceland confirms what many of us have long suspected: reducing working hours improves...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFrom revelation to reckoning to revolution: In pursuit of racial justiceWithout implementing a reparative justice agenda, new traumas will just pile on top of the old ones
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Published in: ourEconomyWe’re launching a new series on the reparative economy. And we need your help!
Instead of a system that puts profit over people and the planet, we need to build an economy that prioritises repair...
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Published in: ourEconomy: NewsReport says soldiers shot three dead at Myanmar factory making US cowboy bootsA labour rights organisation says the soldiers also arrested 17 outside the shoe factory – for asking for wages
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEU stands firm with Big Pharma against COVID vaccine patent waiversNew research reveals how Brussels puts companies’ profits ahead of millions of people’s lives worldwide
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo revive multilateralism, the G7 must make a clean break with the pastWe cannot repeat the mistakes made after the 2008 financial crisis, which hampered progress on climate change and...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIt’s too late for court rulings: Shell must fallIt’s time for a proper debate about how to dismantle fossil fuel companies
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe Australia trade deal makes a mockery of the UK’s climate ambitionThe UK must urgently put the brakes on any deal that doesn’t align with its legally binding climate targets
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisSix reasons why the EU isn’t as green as it claimsDon’t be fooled: the European Green Deal isn’t all it's cracked up to be