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Changes in ownership underpinned the last two major shifts in the UK’s political economy. Another shift could be...
Interserve illustrates how the beneficiaries of shareholder value driven strategies are not necessarily...
It is unacceptable that millions of people are forced to pay more for essential goods and services just because they...
Progressives must urgently develop a new vision for international institutions, or they will be reshaped in the...
The new ‘expenditure ceiling’ introduced in Brazil will lead to dramatic spending cuts and rising social inequalities.
The global trading system has long served the interests of global corporations over developing countries. It's time...
We need a new vision for global economic governance that is guided by the principle of subsidiarity.
The World Bank's support for giant coal fired power plants in India and South Africa illustrate the organisation's...
If the movement for a Green New Deal in the UK is seen as a white middle class project, it will not succeed in...
Infrastructure is not just about bricks and mortar. It is about systematic wealth extraction from local communities,...
A new series by openDemocracy and the Bretton Woods Project
In Pakistan, IMF and World Bank policies have weakened the economy and promoted the interests of the elite. We need...
The Green New Deal presents an opportunity to practice the kind of intersectional policy making that has been at the...
A decade after the financial crisis shook the foundations of the global financial system, the Bretton Woods...
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'CDOs’ were widely blamed for fuelling the financial crisis. Now similar instruments called 'CLOs' are in the...
A new public banking ecosystem would breathe new life into communities that have long been neglected.
Once synonymous with slavery, the ideology of ‘human capital’ turns the toil we do for our bosses into something we...
Monetary policy should serve the interests of people and planet, not free market ideology.