Economic insecurity has become the “new normal” in the UK with at least 70% of the UK’s working population “chronically broke”, according to a study by the thinktank the Royal Society of Arts. Thriving, striving or just about surviving, the RSA/Populus survey of more than 2,000 workers, found that while about 30% of respondents said they lived… Continue reading 70% of the UK’s working population “chronically broke”
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Davos is here again, so it’s time for Oxfam’s new report on prosperity and poverty, wealth and work.
As the masters of the universe (or at least planet earth) gather in Davos, here’s a curtain-raiser from Deborah Hardoon, Oxfam’s Deputy Head of Research, introducing its new report. Gotta love a data release. Every year I look forward to the release of the Credit Suisse Global Wealth databook. An immense piece of work, developed over a decade and led… Continue reading Davos is here again, so it’s time for Oxfam’s new report on prosperity and poverty, wealth and work.
Infographic: Reward work, not wealth
Dirty money and the role of offshore tax havens
Many in the global justice movement think that increasing aid to poor countries will be ineffective unless it’s accompanied by measures to tackle the causes of poverty, which include the problems of capital flight and tax evasion. In Capitalism’s Achilles Heel, Raymond Baker probably errs on the conservative side in his estimate that the flows of… Continue reading Dirty money and the role of offshore tax havens
Dutiful dirges of Davos
This return to the industrial relations and tax policies of the early 19th century is bizarrely spearheaded by people who speak the language of equality, respect, participation, and transparency. None of them is in favor of “Master and Servant Act” or forced labor. It just so happened that the language of equality has been harnessed in… Continue reading Dutiful dirges of Davos
FBI ‘Honors’ Martin Luther King Jr., 50 Years After Plotting To ‘Neutralize’ Him
By Ben Norton / AlterNet https://www.alternet.org/fbi-honors-martin-luther-king-jr-50-years-after-plotting-neutralize-him "First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you," declared socialist leader and union organizer Nicholas Klein in 1914 (in a quote often misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi). Klein added, "In this story you have a history… Continue reading FBI ‘Honors’ Martin Luther King Jr., 50 Years After Plotting To ‘Neutralize’ Him
Take power back from the billionaires
Here is where we are as a planet in 2018: after all of the wars, revolutions and international summits of the past 100 years, we live in a world where a tiny handful of incredibly wealthy individuals exercise disproportionate levels of control over the economic and political life of the global community. Difficult as it… Continue reading Take power back from the billionaires
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