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Published in: oDRThe serfs of the Volga Car Factory
The Volga Car Factory in Togliatti is the biggest in Russia. The management recently announced 7,500 redundancies,...
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Published in: oDRCrime and politics in Crimea
The link between crime and politics in Crimea has been evident for some time. Now, crime boss Sergei Aksyonov – the...
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Published in: oDRUkraine is stuck in a post-Soviet condition
Stalin created Ukraine as we know it today. That is why the future of the country, East and West, is stuck in its...
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Published in: TransformationA year of living generously
Genuine happiness involves sharing time and money, but beware of thinking that the poor belong to some other tribe....
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Published in: oDRThe Maidan is alive and well and planning its future
The eyes of the world may be fixed on Crimea, but back in Kyiv the Maidan isn’t going away and is looking forward to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJust Money, introduction
In this exclusive extract from Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance Ann Pettifor...
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Published in: oDRRussia in the Middle East: a well-played hand disguises fading fortunes
There is no doubt that Russia’s diplomatic coups in the Middle East late last year caused its stock to rise. But is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe IMF – our sleeping beauty?
Finance has cast a spell on the framework for international economic co-operation established after the Second World...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReuniting the monetary union: a proposal to counter the eurozone’s imbalances
Persistent trade imbalances are threatening to derail the European economy. Luca Fantacci calls for a European...
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Published in: oD BlogEnd of the road for populism in Ukraine
Ukrainians are having to pay a high price for the success of their revolution, and it is as yet by no means clear...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFinancial repression - myth, metaphor and reality
“Financial repression” always casts state regulators as authoritarian villains and allows apologists for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUnderstanding and confronting financialisation
The growth of finance over the last forty years has changed capitalism profoundly. It is time for its critics to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShadow banking, or why black holes are important in the global financial system
The shadow banking sector is now integral to the global financial system. Its architects are constantly seeking to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Keen-Krugman debate
The debate between these two economists on the role of banking and specifically the creation of credit is of...
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Published in: oDRThe importance of not being a 'stan'
What’s in a name? President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan was apparently in earnest when he recently suggested changing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhose money is it?
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Money is currently produced by a ‘public-private partnership’...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan – the succession
President Nazarbayev has turned Kazakhstan into a Central Asian powerhouse. He is 73, and shows no sign of giving up...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe can end the despotism of finance, at a price
To mark the publication of Ann Pettifor's e-book, Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance,...
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Published in: oDRThe veterans out in the cold
In Russia, 23 February is celebrated as Defender of the Fatherland Day. But despite a law entitling them to decent...
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Published in: oDRBlood and treasure
Can an invasion of Afghanistan ever be considered to be a mission accomplished? The British in the 19th century, the...