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Interactive timeline: 40 years of New Internationalist

9 Apr 2013 1 minute read

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Interactive timeline: 40 years of New Internationalist

Four decades of independent journalism and the social and environmental movements which inspired it.

PODCAST: risky tax havens

3 Apr 2013 1 minute read

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PODCAST: risky tax havens

The Taxcast on the Cyprus crisis, a surprise for Britain’s affiliates and the corporate tax inspector...

PODCAST: Banks too big to prosecute?

27 Dec 2012 1 minute read

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PODCAST: Banks too big to prosecute?

The latest podcast from Tax Justice Network on banks, Starbucks and reforming the tax system.

The super-corporate pinball wizards

10 Dec 2012 3 minute read

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The super-corporate pinball wizards

Could we be on the brink of the next financial crisis? We will be if mega-corporations have their way, says Tom...

The one man peace mission

3 Dec 2012 3 minute read

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The one man peace mission

No money, no carbon, no passport: Emma Fordham on Earthian, who rejected his identity then set off from...

1 Dec 2012 3 minute read

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Country Profile: Peru

Peru is said to be booming but the poor would never know it. Stephanie Boyd reports.

You are not a loan

30 Nov 2012 3 minute read

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You are not a loan

George Lavender on the US campaign buying up personal debt in order to eliminate it.

Don’t be fooled by economic growth

16 Nov 2012 1 minute read

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Don’t be fooled by economic growth

A meeting in London this weekend looks at what it does for Peru’s poor.

1 Nov 2012 4 minute read

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Spain’s brain drain

Dan Hancox on the skilled young people who, after thirty years of Spanish democracy, are finding their...

24 Oct 2012 4 minute read

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Fires of unrest in Greece

The discontent voiced at last week’s general strike is being echoed across Europe, say Tim Baster and...

Throwing the money changers out of the Temple

15 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Throwing the money changers out of the Temple

One year since Occupy pitched up in London, Symon Hill from Christianity Uncut concludes St Paul’s Cathedral...

What about the Other Credit Crunch?

26 Sep 2012 5 minute read

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What about the Other Credit Crunch?

Finance is only the half of it. Britain is facing deep, society-wide crises, driven by an erosion of what represents the...

Is it curtains for Fair Trade?

12 Sep 2012 4 minute read

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Is it curtains for Fair Trade?

With corporates swarming all over the trade justice brand, David Ransom says Fair Trade must stick to its...

Podcast: taxing disparity

29 Aug 2012 1 minute read

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Podcast: taxing disparity

August’s Taxcast looks at capital flight, the taxes of Usain Bolt and inequality with the authors of The...

25 Jul 2012 3 minute read

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The truth behind Britain’s incredible shrinking economy

Michael Burke explains why the UK’s budget deficit is rising, not falling.

19 Jul 2012 9 minute read

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What would Che say about co-ops?

Can co-operatives revive Cuba's sagging economy? John Restakis travels to Havana to find out.

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