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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo ‘build back better’, we must tackle executive payNew research has revealed how much CEOs earn compared to their colleagues – and the results aren’t pretty.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionA New Deal for rentiers: whose side is Boris Johnson really on?Whereas Franklin D. Roosevelt opposed financiers and speculators, the Prime Minister is one of their biggest cheerleaders.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe United States owes Black America reparationsFollowing centuries of exploitation, theft and discrimination, here is what a reparative economic agenda should entail.
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Published in: ourEconomyDecolonize your pandemic reading listFrom Zimbabwe to China, trade deals to odious debt, get a new perspective on the pandemic this lockdown.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBeneath the bluster, Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ offers nothing newThe UK needs real change, not more of the same under a different name.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe case for a digital non-aligned movementThe world wide web is on a crash course that could lead to permanent fragmentation. Only coordinated international...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWar in Mozambique: a natural gas blessing, turned curseAs the world battles COVID-19, a different war is playing out in Mozambique, home to one of the world’s richest...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFrom the streets to the ballot box: New York’s political revolutionAlongside a wave of insurgent progressive candidates, New York’s primary elections ushered in a mandate for radical change.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCities versus multinationals: who will win our post-COVID future?Municipalities and social movements have gained new energy from the crisis. Can they win against corporates set on...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionGarment workers are facing a humanitarian crisis – but don’t blame COVID-19The fashion industry has long been built on an exploitative business model that puts profits before human lives.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRevolution in the streets of Los AngelesAs the Black Lives Matter protests enter their fourth week, the movement is beginning to create the foundations of a...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDismantle the war economyTo create real security, we must slash the Pentagon budget and invest in meeting everyone’s basic human needs.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe economy isn’t about money. It’s about putting food on the tableOur Enlightenment predecessors recognized not one but five economies – and the pandemic has reinvigorated our taste for them.
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Published in: ourEconomyourVoices podcast: Decolonising the global economyIs our global economic order rigged to produce inequality and underdevelopment?
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Published in: ourEconomyVultures are circling our fragile economies – we must not let them feastWe should never forget the lesson of the French Revolution: rentiers need the state more than the state needs rentiers.
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Published in: ourEconomyLawrence Hamm: "The progressive movement must continue to push forward within the electoral arena"Longtime activist Lawrence Hamm discusses the Black Lives Matter protests across the US and his bid to unseat...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionNow is not the time to sacrifice public health at the altar of ‘the economy’The relationship between public health and economic health is symbiotic, not conflicting. Framing them as competing...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIf we want to tackle global inequality, we need better economic theoriesDependency theory, though dismissed by mainstream economics, can help us find deeper solutions to global economic problems.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDefund the police, defund the militaryUS wars abroad are driven by the same racism and ruling class economic interests used against Black Americans at home.
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Published in: ourEconomyCash, Kisses and Karaoke: Why the War on Covid must not become a War on CashCovid-19 will be mobilised by the financial industry to push its War on Cash even further, leaving us ever more...