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Published in:ourEconomy: ExplainerIn 2008, we bailed out the banks. In 2021, we need to bail out the planet
The COVID-19 pandemic is not a random event. It is a symptom of a global economic system that is destroying the...
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Published in:ourEconomy: OpinionForget tulips and windmills, the Netherlands is the dirty old man of EuropeThe Dutch image of a progressive paradise is just good PR – you only have to look at its record on the climate
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Published in:ourEconomy: AnalysisGreenland’s government bans oil drilling, leads indigenous resistance to extractive capitalismThe young indigenous leadership of Múte Bourup Egede is battling for green sovereignty in a time of climate collapse
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisScotland is on the global frontlines of The Great Net-Zero Land GrabAs investors look to profit from the carbon-offset gold rush, demand for land is soaring. But letting Big Finance...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPundits say British politics is undergoing a post-neoliberal shift. They’re wrongOn the contrary, the new capitalist variant may look much like the old
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisIt’s time for the renewables industry to get dirtyThe industry must step up and beat fossil fuels at their own game. Here’s the plan
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionMark Carney likes to talk green, but he’s just another agent of the status quoThe former Bank of England governor is finance adviser at COP26 and rumoured to be running for Canadian prime...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionUS and Russia eye Europe’s energy crisis, doubling down on gasTo achieve energy stability, the EU needs to resist US and Russian efforts to sell more gas and fully transition to...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBarbados: the small but mighty force for climate actionThe island’s first female premiere shows the connection between slavery, reparations and climate finance – and how...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIt’s time to issue climate reparations to working-class people around the worldShared struggles, shared solutions: connecting communities from east London to Ogoniland in search of justice
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSunak’s Budget will hammer many Brits. This is where the Left can interveneFar from the promised ‘high-wage economy’, many face wages that look increasingly paltry next to skyrocketing prices...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisFrom Paris to Glasgow: fossil fuel interests continue to block climate actionNew research reveals how six fossil fuel giants captured European climate politics
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsBP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaignersExclusive: Oil giant also shared intelligence on environmentalists with British Museum and Warwick University in...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisJoe Biden is in no position to lecture the world on climate changeThe US president’s administration has lots of good rhetoric but little action
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionRevealed: The tax avoider’s secret weaponThe Pandora Papers show how the tax industry uses ‘special purpose vehicles’ to avoid stamp duty – despite repeated...
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Published in: ourEconomy: InvestigationEU fails to reduce dependency on fossil fuels amid soaring energy billsAs the global energy crisis intensifies, the EU is renewing its commitment to fossil fuels instead of investing in...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisThe soya curse: Is Ukraine facing the same fate as the Amazon?The EU wants to crank up soya production in eastern Europe. But with illegal genetically modified crops rife, who...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe want to give everyone in Britain £400 a month – no strings attachedA Resilience Universal Basic Income would guarantee economic security for every household in the UK as we recover...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionBoris Johnson’s vision for a high-wage economy is built on shaky foundationsThe prime minister is right to point out Britain’s dismal record on pay. But his plan for driving up wages is an...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionFixing the UK’s care crisis must be about more than government fundingFamily and friends will always play a vital role caring for loved ones. So why is the debate about care policy...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisThose who have prospered during the pandemic should pay more in taxWe need a tax system that supports a fair recovery and keeps pace with the economic changes that have been...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionAngela Merkel’s departure is an opportunity to fix the EUAs the four-term chancellor leaves the European stage, strict fiscal rules can finally be abandoned in favour of...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisBritain’s energy crisis has been decades in the makingSoaring gas prices have exposed longstanding vulnerabilities in Britain’s energy system. A radical overhaul is long overdue