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Published in: openDemocracyUKRepublicanism and tax justiceRepublicans can offer the principles needed to work towards a tax system built for the global common good.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA new dawn for the Unions? Frances O’Grady and economic democracyThe TUC’s new General Secretary seems to represent real change in the 'pale, male, stale' world of British unions....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPlans for regional banks are a radical leap for BritainA Labour MP sets out why his party's plan to establish a network of regional banks is a step towards a fundamental...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Alaska Model: a citizen's income in practiceThe idea of a basic income for all citizens is often seen as a utopian dream. But 'the Alaska Dividend' has existed...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnarchists and republicans: bedfellows?Are republicans simply underdeveloped anarchists? An exploration of the relationship between two political theories...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFreedom and meaningful work: an explorationMany of us have resigned ourselves to domination in the workplace. This is an outrage. 'Meaningful work' is not only...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOutsourcing and employee ownership - growth versus equity?Previous contributions to this debate have identified worker coops and mutuals as one route to a citizens' economy....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe optimistic agonist: an interview with Bonnie HonigThe political theorist Bonnie Honig talks to IPPR's Juncture about the roots of her thinking, the radical and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDefending the 99%: still a 'slogan' for our timesMany have accused Occupy's 1 / 99 narrative of brushing aside the realities of actual wealth distribution in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnpacking ‘the 99 per cent’Occupy has spotlighted the super-elite, but the ‘average Brit’ that is pitted against this class does not exist. For...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPolicy commission on UK wealth distribution: get involvedBirmingham University began a policy commission on the distribution of wealth in Britain late last year. One of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSocial democracy must radicalise to surviveSocial democracy is at an impasse, bereft of an economic programme, but history is on the march. Democratic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTaking back the economy: the market as a Res PublicaRepublicans seek to protect and promote individual freedom. So do libertarians of the right. The difference?...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat do today's republicans have to say about work?Historically, republicanism has failed to reconcile the principle of non-domination with the realities of economic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRevolutionary France and the social republic that never wasAfter the 1830 revolution, French workers waited for the introduction of the republic into the heart of production....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCivic Republicanism: a North Star for hard timesThe key principle of Republicanism is to minimise domination wherever it is found. The Zapatero governments in Spain...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA democratic case for the free market?What is the meaning of economic liberty? Is there a moral case for the free market? A review of the recent book...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe commercial republic: a contradiction in terms?Republican thinking today relies heavily on a classical conception of citizenship. Can this ever be compatible with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain, become a republic! You can even keep the Queen!Britain has been fooled. Told that 'republicanism' just meant sacking the monarchy, the British have missed its...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn iron chain of bondage: lessons from the Knights of LaborAs modern workers, we have much to learn from the rich tradition of labour republicanism in America. The second...
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