I was asked recently to prepare a glossary entry for the Green New Deal, which I have done as noted below. This felt particularly relevant
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Why are we facing a food crisis?
Four crises are converging on the world’s food supply. War has closed the Strait of Hormuz. Extreme heat is cutting crop yields. The strongest El
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AI automation will not be our salvation
I came across an academic article yesterday that was published in March. Entitled ‘The AI Layoff Trap’, it was authored by Brett Hemenway Falk and
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Will we ever choose to address climate change?
There was an FT report this week that the world’s largest technology companies are now committing to around $725 billion of investment in artificial intelligence
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The benefits of Starmer going
The FT noted this morning that: Heathrow’s plan for a third runway is facing growing political uncertainty as the chances rise of chancellor Rachel Reeves
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Labour is ignoring the evidence on healthy life expectancy
The Financial Times is reporting today that key Labour MPs are softening their opposition to another round of welfare cuts. This comes in the same
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Let’s get real about oil
As The Economist noted yesterday: To gauge how close the world is to energy catastrophe, The Economist has gathered a dashboard of indicators. It suggests that grave
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The Job Guarantee and MMT: A Conversation with Will Thompson
In this podcast, I speak with Will Thompson to explore one of the most important internal debates within Modern Monetary Theory. We agree on the
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Economic questions: the Richard Murphy question
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
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