Instead of paying taxes, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is staging a billion-dollar donation to fight climate change. Meanwhile, Amazon continues to support oil and gas companies as well as climate-denying think tanks. Employees now criticise...
Finland: Government fights unemployment through more support and services for the unemployed
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In Finland, the new Social Democratic government under Prime Minister Sanna Marin is focusing on work-life balance, investment in education and social partnership. It is also learning from its experiment with universal basic income. We...
After his bestseller Capital in the 21st Century, the French star economist Thomas Piketty published his new monumental book. It is about the history of inequality and the vision of a more just society. The...
A charity implemented a massive economic stimulus package for rural Kenya: 10,500 households received $1,000 each. A study examined the effects. The result: the entire population benefited from the package and every dollar invested boosted...
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David Harvey on what neoliberalism is, where it came from – and why the concept is still relevant today.
In 2005, David Harvey published A Brief History of Neoliberalism, now one of the most cited...
Norbert Walter-Borjans retrieved billions of tax tricksters is now the leader of the SPD
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He bought tax CDs to combat tax evasion - and recovered over 7 billion euros in tax revenues. At the same time, he has earned a lot of praise and criticism. Now, the members of...
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In her latest book, Naomi Klein continues the cause of her career: arguing that a fundamentally new economic system is the only way to save society and the planet.
By Alyssa Battistoni
On Fire: The (Burning)...
If you plan to get rich one
day, you should check your family tree rather than job opportunities. Because
to be a son or daughter of a wealthy family is the only safe way. Scientists agree:
Wealth is...