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18 Sep 2014 4 minute read

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Why is Britain siding with the vulture funds?

The UN wants to stop billionaire speculators forcing indebted nations like Argentina into default. Britain, the US and Germany...

12 Sep 2014 8 minute read

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The truth behind Cambodia’s inequalities

David Nathan looks at a country where gold BMWs are parked next to families living in cardboard houses.

1 Sep 2014 5 minute read

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The gold standard is nothing but a shiny distraction

And it offers a false sense of security in an unstable world, says Philip Pilkington.

4 Jun 2014 3 minute read

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Should we fight the system or be the change?

Mark Engler and Paul Engler on the strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.

1 Jun 2014 3 minute read

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What the US made of Thomas Picketty

Mark Engler reports on reactions to a surprise best seller.

PODCAST: Google, G20 and the British government

29 May 2014 1 minute read

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PODCAST: Google, G20 and the British government

In May’s taxcast, Naomi Fowler talks about the struggle for global transparency in a world where corporations...

23 May 2014 3 minute read

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Why the Philippines won’t be the next Asian miracle

Iris Gonzales isn’t convinced by buoyant World Economic Forum predictions.

15 May 2014 5 minute read

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Save our species from capitalism: a politics that speaks to people

Richard Swift interrogates capitalism, exploring the alternatives offered by left-wing politics.

13 May 2014 4 minute read

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‘The beach is for tourists’: why Vietnamese workers can’t enjoy the sun

The insecurity of a ‘middle-class’ status in the Global South traps young people into poor working conditions. Didem...

15 Apr 2014 4 minute read

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Wish you weren’t here: transnationals on their tax holidays

Sierra Leone is a prime destination for big businesses wanting to avoid paying tax, says Joseph Stead.

2 Apr 2014 7 minute read

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Should there be a basic income?

Basic Income UK co-ordinator Barb Jacobson and author and sociologist Francine Mestrum go...

PODCAST: Colonialism, inequality and the IMF

26 Mar 2014 1 minute read

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PODCAST: Colonialism, inequality and the IMF

Naomi Fowler explains how the International Monetary Fund has become an unlikely advocate for tax justice...

20 Mar 2014 3 minute read

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$500,000 a week? For kicking a football around?

Money has turned the beautiful game ugly, says Alan Hughes.

4 Mar 2014 4 minute read

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The 5% own more and more; the 95% owe more and more

Colin Cook relates a modern-day parable to explain the failures of our economic system.

1 Mar 2014 7 minute read

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Meet the protest profiteers

There’s money to be made in crowd ‘control’, as Anna Feigenbaum discovers.

20 Feb 2014 3 minute read

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Fair Tax makes its Mark

The world's first independent accreditation scheme is addressing the issue of responsible tax, says Paul Monaghan....

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