As will be apparent from this morning’s posts, few of them relate to the events unfolding in the world right now. I have not speculated
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We cannot trickle our way to a fairer Britain
Andy Burnham’s speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester this morning has been trailed as a pledge to deliver “good growth in every postcode”,
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What is economics? A logical explanation
Introduction I have spent a lot of time on this blog talking about the politics of care, and less time on the economics of hope,
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Tony Blair tribute band politics
As the FT notes this morning: Andy Burnham, who is poised to become the next UK prime minister, is considering giving David Miliband a senior
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Energy, exergy, people, the economy and money
This is the third in a series of essays on the importance of potential in the politics of care and economics of hope. The others
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Becoming
This post follows naturally from a previous one on potential. It may be useful to read that post first. But what is potential? It isn’t
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Three centuries of life and health – and the politics of care
The post that follows was written as a result of conversations between Jacqueline and me a couple of weeks ago, based on a hypothesis she
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Why do the media make us believe they are on the wrong side of the truth?
As Robert Reich has noted on his Substack overnight: Trump’s war with Iran is continuing. Today, Iran launched attack drones at Bahrain — which hosts
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Potential
For the background to this post, please read this companion piece. Imagine you are alone on a desert island. You have nothing. You have a
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