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14 Oct 2016 4 minute read

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The UK Occupy movement five years on and the growth of direct democracy

Being among thousands of people shaping a new vision of what the world could be like was intoxicating, writes Jamie...

Should the Big Four firms be broken up?

5 Sep 2016 1 minute read

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Should the Big Four firms be broken up?

In this podcast, the Tax Justice Network ask if these giant companies are more like the ‘Big One’.

22 Apr 2016 4 minute read

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China’s economic woes risk trickling down to civil society

The country's recent clampdown suggests deep concern over future levels of unemployment, writes Jessica Toale...

7 Jan 2016 3 minute read

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Brazil, don't panic. Capitalism has an unfixable bug

Capitalism is falling across the globe, not just in the South American country, argues Bruno De Oliveira.

Serving the super-rich

17 Dec 2015 1 minute read

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Serving the super-rich

The December podcast from the Tax Justice Network provides insights into the closed world of wealth managers...

15 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Developing countries urged to pull out of the WTO

Moses Wasamu reports on activists’ concerns as the World Trade Organization meets in Kenya.

1 Dec 2015 1 minute read

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10 economic myths we need to junk

A brief introduction from Dinyar Godrej and David Ransom.

1 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Myth 1: Austerity will lead to 'jobs and growth'

It's wrong to sell austerity as a cure for economic woes, says Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Economic Myth 2: Deficit reduction is the only way out of a slump

Don't rely on those who caused the crash to resolve it, argues David Ransom.

1 Dec 2015 2 minute read

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'I predict...'

Economists don't always get it right...

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 3: Taxing the rich scares off investors and stalls economic performance

Taxation creates prosperity just as much as private enterprise, says David Ransom.

1 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Myth 4: Economic migrants are a drain on rich world economies

Migration follows a demand for labour - and benefits the receiving country, writes Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Myth 5: The private sector is more efficient than the public sector

There is no evidence of greater efficiency, explains Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables

Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 7: Financial regulation will destroy a profitable banking sector

Why should financial markets be accountable only to themselves? asks David Ransom.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 8: Organized labour is regressive

David Ransom argues that the opposite is actually true.

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