How can MPs represent us when they earn up to 95% of their income from outside interests?
Category: economic justice
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
Stealing Nations
The International Monetary Fund does not make its “mistakes” by accident.
I Was Wrong About Trade
“Localisation” is both destructive and unjust
Enslaved by Free Trade
The West became rich by ignoring patent rules and protecting its industries. Poor countries should be allowed to do the same.
Rich in Imagination
The figures which purport to show that the world’s poor are emerging from poverty don’t add up
The Bottom Dollar
The way to check American power is to support the euro
Left Behind to Starve
A humanitarian disaster is engulfing Africa as cash is poured into the war with Iraq and its aftermath
Deliver Us from Finity
Capitalism is not even mathematically possible, let alone biologically viable
What Do We Really Want?
The richer we are, the more miserable we become.
White Lies
African leaders will be forced to humble themselves at the G8 summit, by taking the blame for what has happened to their continent