Capitalism Creates Poverty

One of the more amazing features of the financial crisis is the fact that bank executives and staff still see their inflated salaries and bo...

Are you overweight? Could do with losing a few pounds? I am. I suffer from the dreaded middle age spread - which has accelerated since I sto...

As we slide into a recession, one or two commentators such as George Monbiot have been doing us a service by reminding us that the credit c...

So. One of the great architects of free-market failure, Gordon Brown, is now claiming to have found the solution. The £500 billion bail out ...

I've always been slightly bemused by commentators who seem to think if I'm blogging I'm wasting valuable time during which I sho...

Its interesting to note that its possible to obtain a Nobel prize in economics without taking into account the realities of Capitalism. See...

Well, what a momentous week! It started with the 'invincible' Lehman Brothers going bust and moved on through AIG and HBOS, not to ...

At the weekend we had Lehman Brothers going bust , then AIG having a $85 billion handout from the US Government and today HBOS merging with...

A recent report has highlighted the fact that while enough food is being produced to feed the world's population 800 million people are...

Many people were disappointed when the government announced a stamp duty holiday for properties costing up to £175,000. It was rightly deno...

Progressive politics is an alternative to conservatism but not as far to the left as socialism. Progressive politics is about social justi...

Caroline Lucas has been elected as the first ever leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. I voted for Caroline and I wish her every...

I have been meaning to comment on the Presidential contest in the USA, particularly on Barak Obama. I haven't done so, so far, for two ...

Rulers have always maintained their power over society by dividing the ruled. Racism, for example, has proved a useful tool for those who do...

A recent report from the World Bank (WB) estimates that 400Million more people are living in poverty than was previously thought . Here is ...