As we move into 2026, a striking contradiction is becoming impossible to ignore. People over 55 now account for around half of global consumer spending,
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As part of my work on capital, which in turn contributes to my thinking on the politics of care, and how it must be defined, I
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As regular readers here will know, I referred to the idea of a “politics of care” quite a lot during 2025, and I have no
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Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel. As he pointed out,
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Every economy runs on light. That is not a metaphor – it is physics. Without light, there is no life. Without life, there is no
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This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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As Christmas approaches, many people ask what they want. But there is a more important question we should be asking: what did we need –
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On 15 December, I published a video under the  title What will happen if economic growth has come to an end?. In turn, this explored
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Zack Polanski published a new edition of his podcast last night, in which he is in conversation with James Meadway, about whom I have written
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