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Published in: ourEconomyAsad Rehman: 'Every brick in this country has come because we’ve exploited another part of the world'
The climate activist and director of War on Want speaks to ourEconomy about green colonialism and the global commons.
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Published in: ourEconomyEmpowering women as sustainable energy leaders in PalestineIn a region where the majority have unmet energy needs, this project is bringing power to the people.
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Published in: ourEconomyAs austerity targets care work, students are increasingly placed in skilled frontline rolesIn an overwhelmed and under resourced sector, student care work placements are creating a vicious cycle that burdens...
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Published in: ourEconomyRafeef Ziadah: 'The UK is craving a radical immigration policy'The poet, activist and academic speaks to ourEconomy about her vision of an economy for the many.
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Published in: ourEconomyWhen it comes to development, Public Private Partnerships give us a lot to wonder aboutWe have seen the social contract between state and citizen morph into a contract between state and private finance.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe California workers’ rights bill is a start, but we need a more radical approach to the ‘gig economy’Stronger rights for Uber and Amazon workers are essential. But we must also address the economic context that makes...
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Published in: ourEconomyVIDEO: interview with Owen Jones'We can’t allow this to be the Brexit election, it has to be an election about the injustices that led to this...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy we must reform the IMF – before it’s too lateThe fund’s legacy of austerity must be replaced by a new social contract based on shared prosperity and a just...
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Published in: ourEconomyVIDEO: interview with Ann Pettifor'Massive investment in the economy to generate good jobs is entirely affordable. A Corbyn government should have the...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe fight for climate justice will not be won inside the halls of power – it must be fought for on the streetsAt the UN Climate Summit, world leaders continued to show a dangerous level of impotence. It’s up to us to make them listen.
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Published in: ourEconomyBad debts make good profits - but what are the social costs?The financialisation of non-performing loans across Europe raises grave concerns over debtors rights.
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Published in: ourEconomyWe need a democratized Green Investment Bank for a just transitionA public Green Investment Bank can catalyze a socially just and environmentally sustainable future.
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Published in: ourEconomyIt's time to tax for gender justiceUnfair tax systems hit women and girls the hardest. We need to make corporations pay their share.
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy 2030 is the right target for decarbonising the economyIn the face of an existential threat, the only "credible" target is one that averts disaster.
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Published in: ourEconomyShareholder value: 'the dumbest idea in the world'?Shareholder primacy has its problems. But we would be foolish to disregard the potential of shareholders to drive...
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Published in: ourEconomyThomas Cook: a tale of two moral hazardsHow the troubled package holiday firm became the latest casualty of a corporate debt bubble that has yet to fully unravel.
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Published in: ourEconomyIf we want to be ready for the next financial crisis, we need to start planning nowWhenever the next recession comes, we must ensure that the opportunity for transformative financial reform isn’t missed.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow facial recognition technology is bringing surveillance capitalism to our streetsFacial recognition cameras are bringing the datafication of the internet to the real world, threatening our right to...
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Published in: ourEconomyAdvancing gender just economiesA new ourEconomy series on gender just economies, with ActionAid, FEMNET, Womankind Worldwide and Fight Inequality Alliance.
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Published in: ourEconomyPeople powered policy: how Labour's radical agenda was built from the ground upFor decades a closed network of lobbyists and journalists policed what was politically possible. Now a democratic...