The end of the Long Boom
In 1997, Wired magazine predicted 25 years of prosperity and peace driven by new technology. How have its prophesies fared?
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Out with the old: is neoliberalism really dying?
Despite our age of economic crisis, populism and pandemic, we may be living in the ruins of the neoliberal order…
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Crisis calls for a new economic paradigm
Just as rising prices and flagging growth did away with Keynesianism in the 1970s, so today they are killing of…
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Nicola Sturgeon’s record reign is a sign of stasis rather than strength
Scotland’s longest-serving first minister has overseen a strange stalemate between social democratic rhetoric and neoliberal economics.
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How Britain’s failure to reckon with global forces led to a cost-of-living crisis
At the end of the era of globalisation and market-led capitalism, there is no clear successor to this crumbling model.
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Britain’s passé neoliberalism could leave it at a permanent disadvantage
While governments across the world are scaling up their critical industries, the UK is contemplating the sale of its biggest…
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We need price controls to fight the living standards crisis
By failing to control prices, the government boosts profits and cuts wages. It’s a straight choice.
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