We’re told that competition makes everything better — cheaper, fairer, more efficient. But when it comes to banks, that’s a myth. Six giant institutions dominate
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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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RobertJ asked a question on this blog yesterday that goes to the heart of how I believe that we should think about belonging, identity, and
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Democracy really is under threat in the USA. Almost unmentioned by the media in the UK, it is grinding to a halt. This comes from
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Trump is demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build a privately funded $300 million ballroom. It’s being paid for by undisclosed corporate
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We’re told tax is a curse and even “theft.” That’s wrong. Tax is how we build a fair society. It plays an essential role in
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As the Guardian reported last night: Ministers are considering dropping one of their central green pledges in an effort to keep energy bills down, sources
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The National Audit Office issued a report yesterday on efforts being made by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to tackle benefit fraud, and
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As Katie Martin noted in the FT this morning: A couple of months ago, warning about a bubble in the world’s most important stock market
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