Tony Blair cannot let go of Britain’s inordinate global powers
Category: economic justice
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
Paid-up Members
How can MPs represent us when they earn up to 95% of their income from outside interests?
Fraud and Corruption
Where has Iraq’s money gone?
Punitive – And It Works
Sweden proves the neoliberals wrong about how to slash poverty.
A Scandal of Secrecy and Collusion
Why have we paid £93m for a £15m bridge?
Expose the Tax Cheats
The best way of dealing with tax avoidance is to publish everyone’s returns.
Goodbye, Kind World
We’ve never had it so good, and we never will again.
The Immigrants the Tabloids Love
The rightwing campaign against economic migrants may not be as irrational as it appears.
The Philosophy of Cant
Europe wrecked the world trade talks, but it may accidentally have forced the poor world to assert its power. Final installment of the series on trade.
Whose Side Are You On?
Some of those calling for changes in the way we trade are working against the interests of the poor. This is the second of a three-part series on trade.
Universal Fair Trade
We need a global trading regime which permits only the nice guys to survive.
Le Monde, C’est Nous
At the world trade summit next week, the rich world will ensure that the poor world stays that way. This is the first of a three-part series on trade