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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAntónio Costa: Europe’s magician of the left?Upcoming Portuguese elections could be a turning point not only for Portugal but for the left in Europe, the moment...
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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: Can Europe Make It?Walking on a thin lineThe game of Italian politics has never been so dangerous and high-stakes. Party leaders are willing to play.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMariátegui: a Peruvian Marxist for our timeIn the 20s of the last century, Mariátegui strove to start building a revolution. Today his ideas remain more valid...
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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: openDemocracyUKOne useful thing parliament could do NOW to protect us from a Trumpian trade dealThe government is trying to kill its own trade bill, after parliament insisted on adding more democracy as a bulwark...
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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: democraciaAbiertaPiketty 2: ideology and propertyThe great liberal story revolves around the idea of "meritocracy" and its most modern version: "equal...
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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: Can Europe Make It?Perception and politics – the case of Poland: coping with political apparitionsIs there a gap between conservative neoliberalism and conservative nationalism, within which emancipatory ideas...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy Labour is right to back a 2030 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: democraciaAbiertaEl Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Venezuela’s dark moneyEl Salvador President Nayib Bukele is at the center of a complex web of financial transactions, which show he...
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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: ourEconomyHow 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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