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13 Aug 2023 2 minute read

Taxcast: How the very wealthy shape the world

From spoiled pets to private jets, Naomi Fowler takes a look at the deformities created by the wealthy—and...

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle

27 Feb 2023 3 minute read

‘Is it bad to pay my bills working in an ethically compromised industry?’

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

The making of tax haven Mauritius. MATHIEU STERN/UNSPLASH

16 Feb 2023 1 minute read

The making of tax haven Mauritius

Naomi Fowler of Taxcast investigates the making of a tax haven that's been hurting Indians and Africans for...

Protestors in Panama City in July 2022 demand the government puts a ceiling on the price of fuel, food and medicines. ERICK MARCISCANO/REUTERS/ALAMY

12 Jan 2023 1 minute read

Global cost of living crisis: causes and ways out

As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down...

Raworth's book became a surprise hit: a Sunday Times bestseller and Forbes' Book of the Year.

30 Dec 2019 7 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

The Interview: Kate Raworth

As ecological collapse looms, our growth-at-all costs economic system urgently requires a different vision. Renegade...

23 Sep 2019 13 minute read

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What we cannot avoid

Jeremy Seabrook on the virulent nostalgias which obscure an essential conflict – how to reconcile the needs...

10 Apr 2019 7 minute read

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How to one-up the universal basic income

A radical proposal to redefine and extend service provision to all those in need without breaking the bank has the potential...

7 Jan 2019 6 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Is trade in turmoil a chance for justice?

The global free trade system is being battered like never before. Can any good come of it, asks Vanessa Baird...

7 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Challenging exploitation in the gig economy

Global South workers in the digital platform-enabled gig economy are beginning to organize. Alex J. Wood...

The Carbon Bubble

5 Aug 2018 2 minute read

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The carbon bubble

Yohann Koshy looks at the impending catastrophe linking the stock market to climate change.

Julius sits on the porch of his house in Trenton, New Jersey, looking north at Ewing Township where foreclosure rates are drastically lower.

15 Jul 2018 5 minute read

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Home sweet home

The foreclosure crisis in the US is still a reality for many. Jack Crosbie reports on the human cost of...

30 Jun 2018 17 minute read

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The next financial crisis

Clueless central banks? A trade war? Southern debt overload? Leading economists including Jayati Ghosh, ...

1 Jul 2018 11 minute read

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When the world almost ended

Ten years after the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, Yohann Koshy takes stock of what...

8 Jul 2018 6 minute read

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China: a post-neoliberal order?

For Martin Jacques, 2008 represented the end of the Western-dominated financial system and the beginning of...

Adam Smith

24 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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Have economists changed since the 2008 crash?

The economics profession was partly to blame for the financial meltdown of 2007-08. Cé...

Passengers at Clapham Junction, south London. According to a 2017 Legatum Institute poll 76 per cent of British passengers want the railways in public ownership.

21 May 2018 5 minute read

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The efficiency myth

Nick Dowson dismantles the notion that the private sector does things better.

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