Christmas is economically strange. We stop working. Spending surges. Profit stops mattering. Time off is normalised. Family and care come first. And we accept all
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What is really wrong with the NHS?
Is the NHS really in crisis because of money — or because we are asking the wrong question altogether? In this video, I argue that
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Polanski, Meadway and a bit of Murphy
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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Tax is not theft
Is tax theft? Many people think so — and that belief shapes how we vote, how we treat public services, and how democracy functions. In
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People matter
Yesterday’s poll that we posted on YouTube received a surprisingly large response. 16,000 people had voted by early this morning, and the message was clear:
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Inequality is a political choice
According to the United Nations’ World Inequality Report, inequality results from deliberate political and institutional choices. This video explains what that means for the UK
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What will happen if economic growth has come to an end?
For 50 years, Western politics has rested on a single promise: growth. But what if that promise can no longer be kept? In this video,
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Big company chief executives don’t create value – they extract it
Chief executives in the UK and the US are now paid hundreds of times more than the people who actually create value in their companies.
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We really are living in dangerous times
I was talking to a friend about my post on Donald Trump, and his attack on European civilisation, made earlier today. The thought that kept
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