Gaian Economics

All other green campaigns become futile without tackling the economic system and its ideological defenders. Economics is only dismal because there are not enough of us making it our own. Read on and become empowered!

19 October 2013

Deconstructing Austerity I. Money

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The narrative of austerity as proposed by Osborne and his cronies is that our huge national debt is the responsibility of feckless Labour po...

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14 October 2013

Owen Paterson: The Badger Bites Back

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Since I was given the opportunity to respond to his inane remarks about fracking back in the summer I have taken an increasing interest in t...

9 October 2013

The Troika, the US Hedge Funds and the Diversion of Taxpayers' Money

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A guest post by Stephan Lindner Do you remember John Paulson? In 2007 he became famous for having the highest income of all hedge fund m...

7 October 2013

Get a Life not just a Living Wage

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I spent Saturday at a conference on the living wage organised by the regional TUC. It seems sad that you need to campaign for the right to ...

30 September 2013

How Rising House Prices Serve George's Friends in the City

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There is a lot of controversy about the potential of the Help to Buy scheme to restart the housing bubble. I must say that I share this con...

28 September 2013

How Public is Public Money?

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Of the many deceitful slogans which the Conservatives used when they came to power the 'bonfire of the quangos' has perhaps had t...

23 September 2013

What Price Democracy?

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The politics of austerity has many political objectives but an important one you learn about quickly as a local councillor is its use as ...

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Molly: I am economics speaker for the green party although blogs represent my personal views. I have a PhD in economics and work in co-operative research as well as trying to build up bioregional economies

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