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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsStamp duty holiday leading to homelessness, new figures suggestExclusive: Tenants’ rights activists tell openDemocracy that some landlords are trying to cash in by speeding up evictions
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaVenezuela sends oxygen and doctors to the Brazilian AmazonAt the same time, Mexico cedes vaccines to poor countries while the U.S. and Russia refuse to join COVAX.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIn the midst of the pandemic, why is the IMF still pushing austerity on the Global South?Despite its own warnings, the International Monetary Fund is risking another ‘lost decade’ for development.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe are doomed if, in the post-Covid-19 world, we cannot abandon non-essentialsInstead of growth and profit-seeking, a new economy needs concepts from Gandhi, Marx, the Zapatistas and the Kurdish...
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Published in: ourEconomyZimbabwe's new gold rushAmid COVID restrictions, families, youths and women are flooding into the sector. Policy interventions are needed to...
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Published in: ourEconomyDecolonize your pandemic reading listFrom Zimbabwe to China, trade deals to odious debt, get a new perspective on the pandemic this lockdown.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCities versus multinationals: who will win our post-COVID future?Municipalities and social movements have gained new energy from the crisis. Can they win against corporates set on...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe economy isn’t about money. It’s about putting food on the tableOur Enlightenment predecessors recognized not one but five economies – and the pandemic has reinvigorated our taste for them.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIf we want to tackle global inequality, we need better economic theoriesDependency theory, though dismissed by mainstream economics, can help us find deeper solutions to global economic problems.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCurtain time for an EU budget without fossil fuelsEurope’s trillion euro budget can drive the European Green Deal, but only if it excludes spending on fossil fuels.
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Published in: ourEconomyHow big polluters are profiting from European public aidThe EU recovery programme is at odds with its planned European Green Deal.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe revolution is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plansThe Black Lives Matter protests are distracting me from everything else in my life. And that’s a good thing.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEurope's new recovery plan mustn't ditch its Green New DealThe European Investment Bank needs deep reform so that it can support a just transition.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow a programme for public ownership can bridge the political divideThere have been dramatic swings lately in Britain's politics of public services. The future holds opportunities.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe case for degrowth in a time of pandemicThe time is ripe for us to refocus on what really matters: not GDP, but the health and wellbeing of our people and...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo make public ownership truly democratic, we need to transform the stateThe new UK Labour leadership should not abandon the party's commitment to economic democracy.
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Published in: ourEconomyNeoliberalism is over – welcome to the era of neo-illiberalismBig tech, nationalist politics, and the billionaire class have propelled a novel political economy. What impact will...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow to fix the worldBeneath our current problems lies a deeper crisis: a crisis of imagination. But the ideas we need to fix the world...
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Published in: ourEconomyIn times of climate breakdown, how do we value what matters?The coronavirus has shown us who the key workers are. We need a new theory of value if we are to face an even bigger threat.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFamily abolition isn’t about ending love and care. It’s about extending it to everyoneThe pandemic shows how we need to rethink care beyond outdated and inadequate family structures and precariously...
