We need the return of the state
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022Neoliberalism is built on lies. For decades the deceit at its core has been ignored because it appeared to deliver prosperity. It does not any
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We need public sector pay rises to create an economy that works for everyone
Sunday, December 11th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I wrote a thread yesterday, and some people have said I did not go far enough in
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Hunt could stop the mortgage and rent misery of UK households, but there is no sign that he will
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022The Guardian reports this morning that: The chancellor will urge the UK’s largest banks to do all they can to support those struggling to pay
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Fraud is implicit within neoliberalism’s rotten culture
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022Over the last two decades I have spent quite a lot of time tackling the issue of corruption. Tackling tax evasion has always been a
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If we want a decent society ministers have to take their duties to regulate, to tax and to stamp out criminal abuse seriously. Ours treat all three as unnecessary.
Monday, November 28th, 2022There was an article in the Sunday Times yesterday on the creation of what are being called ‘burner companies’. The links are in this Tweet
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What's a better term for rentier?
Saturday, November 26th, 2022I thought this thread fascinating and wondered if people here had any better suggestions to make since addressing what is technically described as rentierism is
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We are heading for an economic meltdown that could be avoided, but not with current government policies
Sunday, November 20th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I had a long discussion with a radio producer yesterday on what I thought was wrong with
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The end of big tech will usher in the new economic era: welcome to the green economy
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022This comment was made in the Guardian this morning: The hedge fund of the billionaire Sir Christopher Hohn has written to Alphabet saying staff at the Google
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We need green quantitative easing
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022As the Guardian and thirty other newspapers around the world this morning argue in a joint editorial to mark COP27: Solving the crisis is the
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