The widening of the M25 is a private finance initiative scheme that requires little private finance. Or initiative.
Category: economic justice
A Better Way to Make Money
Here’s how we could solve the credit crunch without giving anything to the banks.
Pin-Striped Pirates
Why does the UK retain a handful of colonies? To destroy the world’s taxation systems.
Clearing Up This Mess
John Maynard Keynes had the answer to the crisis we’re now facing; but it was blocked and then forgotten.
This Is What Denial Does
The economic crisis is petty by comparison to the nature crunch. But they have the same cause.
Congress Confronts Its Contradictions
They baled out of the bail-out, but the money will still have to come from us. It always has.
Green Lifeline
A radical new idea could save the world’s ecosystems. But what will it do to the economy?
An Exchange of Souls
As government documents show, Sir Nicholas Stern accidentally launched a trade in human lives.
Three Million Homes?
Yes, I am sorry to say, we need them.
Libertarians are the True Social Parasites
Matt Ridley raged against the government – until he needed £16 billion
How Did We Get Into This Mess?
Many of our current crises are the long-term results of a meeting which took place 60 years ago
The Emperor of Africa
Tony Blair cannot let go of Britain’s inordinate global powers
Selling Indulgences
The trade in carbon offsets is an excuse for business as usual.
Britain’s Most Selfish People
Owning a second home during a housing crisis ensures that other people are homeless.
Property Paranoia
Wealth is beginning to reduce our freedoms
The Man Who Betrayed the Poor
Even as the G8 promises fall apart, Geldof stays silent
Bards of the Powerful
Far from challenging the G8’s role in Africa’s poverty, Geldof and Bono are legitimising its power.
Spin, Lies and Corruption
The G8’s debt reduction plan is little better than an extortion racket
A Game of Double Bluff
The UK and EU are keeping the poorer nations exactly where they want them: beholden to their patrons
A Restraint of Liberty
Climate change’s unprecedented moral challenge demands that we restrict market freedom