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Published in:ourEconomy: AnalysisAs COP26 nears, why is the UK giving a tax break to fossil fuel companies?The new ‘super deduction’ incentivises further extraction at a time when we should be pivoting away from fossil fuels
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Published in:ourEconomyGreen growth vs degrowth: are we missing the point?It’s time to stop talking past each other and unite against the real enemies of environmental justice.
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Published in: ourEconomy: ReviewHow the story of modern Scotland is the story of Scottish coalIn compelling new book ‘Coal Country’, Ewan Gibbs explores how Scotland’s lost coalfields transformed the nation’s...
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Published in: ourEconomy: ExplainerIn 2008, we bailed out the banks. In 2021, we need to bail out the planet
The 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: AnalysisBack to the future: is Brexit Britain preparing to unleash Big Finance?As powers move from Brussels to London, many fear the UK is unlearning crucial lessons from the global financial crisis.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe greatest debt crisis in history is upon usThe debt burden crushing poor countries will not be alleviated until creditors in rich countries are made to give up...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisIn Ukraine, anger over fuel poverty is bringing people out into the streetsSome citizens have faced a threefold hike in energy costs since New Year – leading to fears many could lose their homes
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Published in: ourEconomy: Feature‘A year later, Breonna Taylor still hasn’t had justice. Say her name’Breonna was killed by police a year ago today. Here’s how five Black Lives Matter activists in her home city think...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisWe shouldn’t be surprised by the chaos in the NetherlandsWith an election around the corner, the country’s image as the prefect of Europe is starting to slip
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisCOVID-19 is here to stay. Now we must redesign our economies around itIt’s possible to imagine a world where vaccines are distributed fairly and the disease is eradicated everywhere. But...
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureHow Uganda’s ecofeminists are fighting back against oil-industry land grabsAs the world celebrates International Women's Day, we shine a light on the women being displaced by oil-extractive business
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionLabour must learn to adapt to a world of Tory state activismThe dividing line is no longer austerity versus anti-austerity, but a struggle over who should benefit from the...
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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: OpinionCOVID-19 has made the super-rich richer. It’s time for a billionaire wealth taxThe US’s billionaires have amassed democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power as millions have been...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe failed state: Texas’s power crisis is the result of decades of free market policiesLast week’s disaster reveals just how far Republican leadership has pillaged the state for its own gain
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThis obscure energy treaty is the greatest threat to the planet you’ve never heard ofThe Energy Charter Treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking action on climate change. It...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRemembering W.E.B. Du Bois: a giant in the struggle for Black freedom in the USAs America faces a period of renewed racial and political polarization, Du Bois’s vision for building a multi-racial...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionAnother ‘Roaring Twenties’? Only if the rich pay their fair shareGovernments must take urgent action to tackle the twin problems of runaway debts and soaring inequality, before they...
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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: OpinionHow Joe Biden can turbocharge the US’s green transformationThe new president has put climate action at the top of his agenda. But with a few tweaks to existing institutions he...
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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...