Month: June 2018
Poverty in Britain? The difficult task of separating fact from fiction
Are some Britons too poor to wash their kids? In 2018, The Guardian ran a story about children showing up at school unwashed and in dirty clothes, according to [...]
Labour Live: Three lessons in economics for the Labour Party
On Saturday June 16th a line-up of well-known Labour politicians and left-wing commentators and little-known music acts took to the stage in North London for [...]
The inertia of government
For those of us who wish to see Britain leave the EU it is fair to say that watching the negotiations has been painful. Less than a year from when UK should be [...]
Bernanke and the Fed: How to cause problems and shift blame
Ben Bernanke, the former head of the Federal Reserve recently warned of an impending economic crash. A fiscal stimulus package of tax cuts and increased [...]
Guest post: Anarchism and electoral politics – irreconcilable differences?
By James O’Gallagher
I. Anarchist Approaches as to Political Participation
Among anarchists, there is always much discussion and debate over the [...]
The damage of trade tariffs: a case study
US President Donald Trump has reignited the international trade wars with his decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminium, of 25% and 10% respectively, [...]