Hotel Review: The Ro, Bowness-On-Windermere
By Sarah Dagnan
A resurgent Labour must challenge ‘handbag’ economics
Labour must liberate welfare from the political closet and build a politics for the future: a democratised participative public economy and a responsive and responsible market sector.
Miracle of the market: Why is the Bank of England still telling fairy tales?
While states are castigated for ‘borrowing’ money, the private sector can mire itself deeper and deeper into debt, often for highly speculative activities.
How the Bank of England’s zero interest rate policy has widened the wealth gap
Debt and inflation work very differently for those who are not wealthy.
‘Scam’ Cryptocurrencies and the ’looking glass’ world of finance
"We need money for the real world, not the world of smoke and mirrors."
A letter from Gaza: Finding pride in hardship
By Caolán Magee and Mohammed Rafik Mhawesh
What about our own ‘filthy rich’ oligarchs?
Oligarchs indicate patterns of inequality that are socially destructive. If they are not challenged the liberal democracy, for which the valiant people of Ukraine are fighting, will not prevail.
Government will miss key levelling-up pledge by ‘around 192 years’
Researchers cautioned that even this projection may be overly optimistic.