Paul Mason
Mark Carney’s last chance saloon warning on the global economy
Last night Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, issued a stark warning about the future of capitalism.
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Is the global economy entering ‘the great dispersion’?
The conflict in Ukraine has opened up fault lines between the great powers that now threaten the way the world economic system works. The West is clearly determined to push Russia to the economic periphery.
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COP26: Scotland’s communities face transition to greener economy
In six months, the world will gather for COP26 in Glasgow to shape how we can avert climate disaster.
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Belgium has highest mortality rate per capita from coronavirus in the world
More than 9,500 people have died in Belgium – which makes it by any reckoning the country’s deadliest period since the height of the Second World War.
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What will be the priority after coronavirus: the climate, the economy or both?
As we mark Earth day – in the rush to restore economies after lockdown restrictions are eased – will protecting the planet be consigned to the back seat?
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World stock markets fall as coronavirus spreads
Fears over coronavirus have sent financial markets tumbling around the world.
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The Conservatives’ baffling tweet on the economy – UPDATED
The Conservatives can’t explain how they’ve calculated the claim that the economy has grown 15.8 per cent since 2010. FactCheck investigates.
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Cheers and hugs in Paris as world signs up to climate deal
Almost every country in the world has signed up to the “historic” agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.
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UK economy ‘motoring ahead’ as GDP grows by 0.7%
Chancellor George Osborne says new figures showing GDP growth of 0.7% show Britain’s economy is producing as much per head ‘as ever before’
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Budget 2015: the key points in Tory plan for the economy
George Osborne has pledged to create a “higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare” Britain as he unveiled the first Tory-only Budget for nearly 20 years.
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Matt Frei
After Greece, can the EU remain the world’s most popular club?
Greece may only represent a fraction of Europe’s economy. But in everything else that can’t be easily measured by the IMF or ECB, it represents to much more.
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Could a drop in oil prices reshape global economy?
Falling world oil prices bring some good news at the petrol pumps. But those revenues are also squeezing economies which are already under pressure.
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Paul Mason
Chill wind blows across the world’s economic landscape
The indicators show China, Japan – and even the McDonald’s burger chain – are facing economic slowdown. How will the eurozone respond?
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Sharing is caring? Expanding UK’s co-op economy
From empty spare rooms to community dog-sitting, Channel 4 News gets an exclusive look into a new report which suggests as much as a quarter of the UK population are part of the sharing economy.
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Who needs Halloween? The real world is scary enough
As the spectre of war, pestilence and economic hardship hangs over us, a commercialised autumn festival of horror may not be what we need right now.
