{"id":83757,"date":"2025-07-06T08:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=83757"},"modified":"2025-07-06T08:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:27:04","slug":"economics-without-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/07\/06\/economics-without-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics without value"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is from the Financial Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Think about that for a moment.<\/p>\n

Here is a major consulting firm planning ethnic cleansing on behalf of a client.<\/p>\n

I am aware that BCG has pulled back from this work and claims it has remorse about doing it, or at least about being found out to have done it.<\/p>\n

However, the point remains: when you lose sight of ethics, and only the dollar signs remain, this is what happens. You assist in plans for ethnic cleansing in pursuit of your own gain.<\/p>\n

And if you want to know why I condemn neoliberal thinking, this is it. It is economics without value. Some might say that the Boston Consulting Group are good at that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is from the Financial Times: Think about that for a moment. Here is a major consulting firm planning ethnic cleansing on behalf of a
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