The West became rich by ignoring patent rules and protecting its industries. Poor countries should be allowed to do the same.
Category: economic justice
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
Patent Nonsense
Nothing exposes the hollowness of the claims corporations now make to intellectual property as much as their own histories
Making Generosity Redundant
Our global institutions are destined to fail. They need to be replaced.
Dig Up the Roads
Local economies will prosper only by cutting their global links
There Is No Debt
The Third World “debt” is simply an accounting device
The Billion-Dollar Bonus
We Need a Global Maximum Wage
The Rich Walk Away
It’s time for a global corporation tax
Mortal Injustice
The countries least responsible for global warming will be hit hardest
Cannibal Feast
By buying second homes all over Britain, the rich are preying on the lives of the poor
Move the Capital to Newcastle
It’s the only way to bridge Britain’s disastrous divisions
A Murderous Conspiracy
The US government is trying to destroy South Africa’s AIDS prevention programme
Inequality Before the Law
The powerful enjoy immunity, while the law treats the powerless ever more harshly
Slave Labour
Cutting benefits will undermine society
Sold Down the River
50 per cent of all the new homes in central and inner London are being sold to speculators in the Far East