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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy ban local authorities from running bus services?Britain's House of Lords is debating a bill which will ban local authorites from running bus services, despite...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHere’s what publicly owned energy would actually cost – and why the stockbrokers got it wrongRenationalising the UK's energy system would pay for itself in ten years or less.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDon't believe the Corbyn bashers - the economic case against public ownership is mostly fantasyThough cowards flinch and traitors sneer, Jeremy Corbyn is putting public ownership back on the political agenda....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBringing power to the people, through the statute bookScotland's Community Empowerment Bill aims to help bring the spirit of self-determination unleashed during the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho owns the wind?As nature's greatest commons powers ever more of our economy, is it time to start asking who owns it?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK"Canary Wharf might as well be in a different world"A talk with Steve Stride, the chief executive of Poplar HARCA, on why in his area of London 'regeneration' isn't a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRenationalisation: the Argentine case shows it can be doneArgentina has completed multiple, successful renationalisations in the past decade. It can be done... when the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA citizen’s income and wealth fund for the UK: Lessons from AlaskaAngela Cummine charts the growth and impact of Alaska's Permanent Fund and dividend – a unique combination of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPost-neoliberalism: lessons from South AmericaAfter a period of rapid liberalisation South America undertook a programme of renationalisations, while still...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRed state, red power: Nebraska’s publicly-owned electricity systemNebraska's energy is all publicly owned, yet it blows away the myth that public ownership is inherently inefficient,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThree signs that privatised rail is unsustainableRailway privatisation has failed. It's time to put the public in charge.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWater in the UK - public versus privateLike the East Coast mainline, the differing setups within the UK offer a useful insight into claims by Britain's...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe possession of power: deprivatising energyEnergy privatisation has failed - all over the world, there are examples of how to take it back into democratic control.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt’s more than just the NHS that’s at risk in Scotland from TTIPThe EU/US Trade Deal poses a threat to Scottish Water's plans to deprivatise failing PFI facilities.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPrivatisation: the gap between politicians and the rest of us
New analysis from We Own It shows just how big the gap has become between what the British public want for their...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLessons from Bolivia: re-nationalising the hydrocarbon industryIn Bolivia, renationalisation of the hydrocarbon industry has been a huge economic success.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocratic energy beyond neoliberalismDemocratising energy would not only save thousands of lives a year but would be a big step forward in saving the planet.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTeaching neoliberalism: time to replace Ofsted
Calls to reform Ofsted don't go far enough - it's become a tool for the neoliberal take-over of our education, and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAlternative liberal solutions to economic inequalityThe rich tradition of alternative liberalism has much to offer by way of solutions to inexorably widening...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat Elinor Ostrom taught: democratic control is not only possible, it's normalThe only woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economics showed that democratic management of commons isn't just...
