On the brink of reformation
Frustration has taken the world by the throat, from extremist violence, ethical quandaries and culture clashes put forward by the largest refugee migration since the Second World War, the failure of internationalism and globalism, and the rise of reactionary elements. The political and economic world is in disarray.
Coverage on these elements has at times been isolated, while others struggled to find convergences. Authoritarianism, neo-liberal economics, class struggle, have all made a theoretical come back, some rightfully so and others not so much.
Banks, abetted by government, want you to keep getting crippling mortages to pay for vastly overpriced land, but the party can’t last forever, reports economist Philip Soos.
Ross Ashcroft speaks to Anat Admati, Finance and Economics professor at Stanford School of Business. She is author of The Bankers’ New Clothes and gives a truthful view into the banking sector and the damage it has caused to the real economy.
The language we use is telling. We don’t ever ‘lead decline’ or ‘manage success’. We do the opposite - we ‘manage’ decline and ‘lead’ any…
I was sitting in Fernandez and Wells, Somerset House, London. Both Liz (the person I had come to meet) and I were rendered speechless: how…
Which it did, according to Clay Christensen, the author of The Innovator’s Dilemma and the Grand Daddy of the innovation field. Speaking at the RSA,…
The wealth and income gap between the top 1% and the remaining 99% in the UK, and across much of the western world, is on…
Despite their bed-hopping antics, the most important legacy of the Bloomsbury Group is what can be achieved by people who are prepared to challenge convention in pursuit of a better world, argues Mark Braund.
How much of U.S. foreign policy is genuinely altruistic? In this extract from the documentary Four Horsemen, we explore how much the war on terror is actually influenced by banks and corporations that profit so from it.
We need a more sophisticated debate about business and how it impacts on wider society, writes Mark Braund.
News stories of peak self employment have given many commentators the false impression that the trend for working as a sole trader, or in a…
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When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in this society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
Frédéric Bastiat
Renegade Economist
This is the future of banking. Like during the 16th Reformation you either evolve or die. Watch why…
Wall Street has become a very specific type of casino. Unfortunately it's not the type they have in Las Vegas that is a legitimate form of entertainment. It's a casino that has massive negative effects on the rest of society.
Simon Johnson
The crises we face today are created by humans and what is created by humans can be changed by humans, so we are all capable of transforming our world.
Satish Kumar