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Published in: ourEconomyTheresa May must act on climate breakdown – or step aside for those who willThe Prime Minister's no-show for Greta Thunberg is typical of the Conservative Party's record on our greatest challenge.
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Published in: ourEconomyUnderlying profits, underlying problems: rewards for failure at InterserveInterserve illustrates how the beneficiaries of shareholder value driven strategies are not necessarily...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy it's time to end discrimination against self-employed parentsCampaigners and MPs are calling on the government to ensure fairer rights for both self-employed parents, and for...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy it's time to abolish the poverty premiumIt is unacceptable that millions of people are forced to pay more for essential goods and services just because they...
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Published in: ourEconomyEmbedded Internationalism: the only way to fight the global oligarchyProgressives must urgently develop a new vision for international institutions, or they will be reshaped in the...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy Brazil's permanent austerity policy is harming its economic futureThe new ‘expenditure ceiling’ introduced in Brazil will lead to dramatic spending cuts and rising social inequalities.
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Published in: ourEconomyRethinking the World Trade OrganisationThe global trading system has long served the interests of global corporations over developing countries. It's time...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe 'Washington Consensus' is dead. But what should replace it?We need a new vision for global economic governance that is guided by the principle of subsidiarity.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCustoms union leaves everything to play for on trade justiceA customs union would still allow the UK to negotiate new trade deals covering large chunks of the economy – so it’s...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Has the ECB reached the end of its rope?Why, at its March 7 meeting, did the European Central Bank tinker with the mounting risk of a damaging eurozone...
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Published in: ourEconomyWhy a Green New Deal needs a Deep Green Movement – part 1The Green New Deal presents an opportunity to practice the kind of intersectional policy making that has been at the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan democratic socialism set us free?It’s time for progressives on both sides of the Atlantic to reclaim arguments about freedom from the right. And...
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Published in: TransformationWhat will you say to your grandchildren?Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for ‘Deep Adaptation.’ What we really need is ‘Deep Transformation.’
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Published in: HomeInequalities and wealth taxes: consequences of the ‘commodification’ of everythingA new book offers a fresh illumination of the reasons for the financial crisis and a compelling argument for a...
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Published in: ourEconomyMultilateralism is in crisis. Can it be saved?As leaders gather in Washington DC for the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, openDemocracy and the Bretton Woods...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe IMF and the World Bank: 75 years onA decade after the financial crisis shook the foundations of the global financial system, the Bretton Woods...
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Published in: TransformationFunding transformationHow can money strengthen local democracy and empowerment?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFor a radical progressivismIn an age of extremes, liberal progressives are naturally inclined towards moderation and gradualism. But it’s time...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Liam Fox’s buccaneering Brexit is running agroundThe minister’s promised trade agreements have mostly not materialised, and MPs are keen to rein him in before he...
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Published in: ourEconomyAttack of the CLOnes: the return of complex debt instruments'CDOs’ were widely blamed for fuelling the financial crisis. Now similar instruments called 'CLOs' are in the...
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