Joe Mellor

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Study suggests a key assumption of economic theory may be wrong

The concept of equilibrium, one of the most central ideas in economics and one of the core assumptions in the vast majority of economic models, may have serious problems, concludes a study from the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. The concept of equilibrium is the basis of...

Report highlights the devastating environmental impact of livestock farming

Animal welfare charity Viva! has published a new report detailing the shocking environmental impact of the livestock industry. ENVIROCIDAL – How Livestock Farming is Killing the Planet reveals the scale of global warming and predicts the devastating effects livestock farming will have on the environment if the global consumption of animal...

Tory MPs leave party to join Labour breakaway group

Three MPs - Sarah Wollaston, Heidi Allen and Anna Soubry - leave the Tory party to join Labour breakaway group. The Independent Group was formed yesterday by seven former Labour MPs, including Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger and Chris Leslie. Late yesterday evening  Joan Ryan became the eighth MP to quit Labour and join...

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