After decades in retreat, the left must urgently begin to build a mass programme of economics education, tied to a broad political movement.
A few thousand bankers are taking £6 billion a year from the UK economy, new figures show. What’s the opportunity cost – and how could things be different?
As the US fosters a backlash at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, states from Lebanon to Namibia are taking more progressive positions
We need to rethink how data and digital infrastructure is governed, owned and used.
A successful green transition will require much more than increased government spending.
Britain’s poorest children are increasingly subject to poor housing and dangerous policing tactics including Tasers and spit-hoods, with frighteningly little oversight or scrutiny, finds a major new report.
Women are disproportionately dependent on public services. They can’t afford austerity, and it’s time that governments recognise this.
Who owns and controls the wealth of nations is fundamental to how an economic system functions, and in whose interests .
The EU will continue to provide material and political support to the Egyptian regime, as long as it serves its goals.
A new section of openDemocracy that puts people, planet and power at the centre of the debate about our economic future.
Market arrangements always favour certain outcomes over others, and ensure that social arrangements stay within set parameters.
China appears to be softening its nationalist rhetoric following a spate of international investment.
