The Corporate Accountability Network launched its website this morning with this blog post: The Corporate Accountability Network (CAN) is a new initiative that will be
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The old politics of the twentieth century is dead
Much as I’d like to find a silver lining in Labour’s decision on Brexit yesterday I can’t. If the policy is to a) get a
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In the FT this morning: modern monetary theory is the answer to the new normal
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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