I had this letter in the FT this morning in response to a piece from Gavyn Davies, which continued the standard neoclassical economist’s tradition of
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The Institute for Public Policy Research launches its Environmental Justice Commission – to call for a Green New Deal
Caroline Lucas, Ed Miliband and Laura Sandys have written this in the Guardian this morning: On Tuesday, the Institute for Public Policy Research launches its
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BAT proves it’s time for companies to out their cards face up on the table
The Tax Justice Network has reported this morning that: For every dollar British American Tobacco (BAT) paid in tax in the countries it operates in,
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MMT in Scotland
Why not nuclear? The answer in one chart
This is from the IMF: Why not nuclear? Because it makes no economic sense: that’s why not. And that’s before the uncertainty of decommissioning costs are,
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This is going to wind up the Brexiteers
Yes, this is The Michel Barnier that Brexiteers all love already, writing for Project Syndicate….. That should go down a storm with the climate change
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US banks: financing climate extinction
The FT has noted this morning just how out of line US banks are on fossil fuel investment when compared with other banks and the
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Two per cent of NHS clinical services are outsourced, and that is too much
The FT has published comment on a report this morning, saying: The National Health Service competitively tenders contracts worth less than 2 per cent of
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Scotland proves that the far-right need not run the political agenda
John Harris discussed the SNP conference’s decision to adopt a new Scottish currency in the Guardian yesterday. Speaking of the 2014 referendum he wrote: [T]here
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