Full Marx for Trying: degrowth is possible – but not this way
In ‘Slow Down’, Kohei Saito insists that only ‘degrowth communism’ can save us from climate disaster – but his argument fails to convince.
Influenza: cause or excuse? An analysis of flu’s influence on worsening mortality trends in England and Wales, 2010–19
Lu Hiam, Martin McKee, and Danny Dorling, writing in the British Medical Bulletin, 15 January 2024, All social groups in England and Wales experienced a long period of increasing life expectancy until the second decade of the 21st century,
Is Inequality Inevitable? The ‘Northern European Model’ Suggests Not
The Nordic model of capitalism has garnered substantial attention for its approach to economic and social organisation.
For All Those – Public Sector Sensitivities
In April 2023 Michele Lancione, a Professor of Economic and Political Geography at the Polytechnic University of Turin, was interviewed about his work.
For All Those – Public Sector Sensitivities
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Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World – Review
In Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World, Gordon Brown, Mohamed El-Erian and Michael Spence put forward a strategy on growth
A deathly silence: why has the number of people found decomposed in England and Wales been rising?
An exploratory study has raised concerns about the increasing number of people in England and Wales whose bodies are discovered so late that they have decomposed.
The UK government has failed to act on extreme poverty
The UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty has said that the UK is “in violation of international law” over poverty levels. This is shocking, but not surprising, argue Lucinda Hiam and Danny Dorling.