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Published in: ourEconomy"The UN is being turned into a public-private partnership": An interview with Harris Gleckman
Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionProtecting Our Common Home: A Green New Deal for ScotlandScotland has the opportunity to be a world leader on solving the most pressing issue of our time. Here's how it can be done.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe ‘flexible’ gig economy is not such a great option for women after allFlexibility is difficult for many workers to take advantage of in practice.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWhy aren’t Americans rising up like the people of Chile and Lebanon?With more Americans demanding an alternative to a system that doesn’t serve their needs, the tinder for a...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBread, Roses and Broadband too?Publicly owned fibre networks don’t just mean free WiFi. From energy grids to smart transport, they will be the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionLabour’s plans for free broadband are radical – but so are the tax reforms that fund itThe party wants to get rid of the system which allows companies to slash their tax bills using clever accounting games.
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Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion‘Broadband communism’? Outside the UK, public broadband is a raving successAround the world governments are taking the lead developing digital infrastructure. Nowhere is this more evident...
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Published in: ourEconomyCelebrating poverty: the IMF in EgyptUnder IMF reforms, a third of Egyptians are living in poverty. But western institutions are celebrating their ‘success’.
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Published in: ourEconomyPrecarious work makes women more vulnerable to gender-based violenceThat’s why the recent ILO convention on violence and harassment at work is so important. Governments need to take it further.
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Published in: ourEconomySrećko Horvat on building on a left transnationalism"We need transnational cooperation because those we are fighting against are working transnationally"
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRentier Capitalism is breeding neo-fascismFaced with a crisis of awesome proportions, we must develop a strategy for re-embedding the economy in society.
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Published in: ourEconomyourVoices Episode 1: Whose data? Our data!In the first episode of ourVoices we explore the rise of big tech, and imagine a future where our data is used to...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionNeoliberalism’s children are rising up to demand justice all over the worldFrom Chile to Lebanon, mass mobilizations are calling for a political and economic revolution against the neoliberal...
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Published in: ourEconomyDebating the rise of state capitalism: a nuanced approachThe state can behave just as badly corporations. But it can also play a positive role in development.
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Published in: ourEconomy33 policies for tax equalityThis election provides an opportunity to tax wealth more, curb tax avoidance and improve the administration of the...
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Published in: ourEconomyWestern style ‘democracy’ in Africa is just a way of pushing the neoliberal agendaThe region has its own rich democratic traditions to draw from.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow misleading economic analysis is corrupting our democracyDevoid of original ideas, the right is using flawed economic analysis to discredit progressive policy proposals....
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCanada may seem more politically divided, but the issues facing most Canadians are actually non-partisanIn the recent election, Canada’s political leaders failed to adopt policies to tackle systemic issues such as the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionJeremy Corbyn is right: billionaires and poverty should not coexistIt's ludicrous to suggest that we need billionaires to incentivise work and wealth creation.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe myth of shareholder primacyA surprising alliance of big business, activists and left-wing politicians have condemned the shareholder value...