Tag: economy

• The Secret of Eternal Growth

  November 4, 2018

  The Secret of Eternal Growth It is an article of faith for the anti-capitalist, anti-trade left that endless economic growth is impossible on a finite planet. The sooner it can… more ›

• The End of Ownership

  November 23, 2017

  The End of Ownership » Anyone who plays MapleStory—an online multiplayer game created by South Korean developer Wizet—soon learns to loathe what gamers call “looting. more ›

• The quitting economy

  July 26, 2017

  The quitting economy » In the early 1990s, career advice in the United States changed. A new social philosophy, neoliberalism, was transforming society, including the nature of employment, and career… more ›

• The Amazing Arab Scholar Who Beat Adam Smith by…

  June 17, 2017

  The Amazing Arab Scholar Who Beat Adam Smith by Half a Millennium » In one of the most seminal works in the field of history of economic thought (History of… more ›

• We need to challenge the myth that the rich are…

  May 29, 2016

  We need to challenge the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators » In this article  revives some concepts – ‘unearned income’, ‘rentiers’, ‘functionless investors’, and ‘improperty’ – to explain why the… more ›

• African Economic Outlook – Measuring the pulse of…

  May 25, 2016

  African Economic Outlook – Measuring the pulse of Africa » The continent’s economic outlook for 2013 and 2014 is promising, confirming its healthy resilience to internal and external shocks and… more ›