Yes there’s a problem with the aid budget – and Priti Patel is among those most responsible.

New research shows that introducing a guaranteed income floor would cut poverty, narrow inequality and reduce dependency on means testing.

Those who claim we are living in an era of 'unprecedented prosperity' turn a blind eye to the suffering of people and planet.

The only people that are taking back control from Brexit are the same vested interests that fuelled voter discontent in the first place.

After decades in retreat, the left must urgently begin to build a mass programme of economics education, tied to a broad political movement.

A few thousand bankers are taking £6 billion a year from the UK economy, new figures show. What’s the opportunity cost – and how could things be different?

As the US fosters a backlash at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, states from Lebanon to Namibia are taking more progressive positions.

We need to rethink how data and digital infrastructure is governed, owned and used.

A successful green transition will require much more than increased government spending.

Britain’s poorest children are increasingly subject to poor housing and dangerous policing tactics including Tasers and spit-hoods, with frighteningly little oversight or scrutiny, finds a major new report.

Market arrangements always favour certain outcomes over others, and ensure that social arrangements stay within set parameters.

Women are disproportionately dependent on public services. They can’t afford austerity, and it’s time that governments recognise this.

Who owns and controls the wealth of nations is fundamental to how an economic system functions, and in whose interests .

The EU will continue to provide material and political support to the Egyptian regime, as long as it serves its goals.

A new section of openDemocracy that puts people, planet and power at the centre of the debate about our economic future.

China appears to be softening its nationalist rhetoric following a spate of international investment.

A strike by Russian grain hauliers, demanding higher pay and an end to corruption, has gripped the south of the country. RU

History shows that capitalism isn’t natural or normal, strengthening the belief that we can create something better.

Last week, I reported on a possible conflict of interest over a mammoth urban development in Uzbekistan. The mayor of Tashkent responded to my claims — here’s my reaction.

As a major property development scheme gets under way in Tashkent, a data trail reveals a potential serious conflict of interest in Uzbekistan’s new corridors of power.