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Oxfam is up to its old anti-capitalist tricks again…

13 July 2023
Markets and Morality

Oxfam is up to its old anti-capitalist tricks again…

Len Shackleton
13 July 2023
What is it with Oxfam? This huge international charity, founded in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief to … Continue reading “Oxfam is up to its old anti-capitalist tricks again…”

On woke anti-capitalism

24 January 2023

On woke anti-capitalism

Kristian Niemietz
24 January 2023
A common interpretation of the “Great Awokening” is that for the radical Left, identity politics has replaced economics. The story, … Continue reading “On woke anti-capitalism”

“Yet you participate in society”: in defence of “Mr Gotcha”

3 December 2021
Society and Culture

“Yet you participate in society”: in defence of “Mr Gotcha”

Kristian Niemietz
3 December 2021
When this blog was launched over a decade ago, most of my articles were rebuttals of the latest nonsense I … Continue reading ““Yet you participate in society”: in defence of “Mr Gotcha””

The dodgy economics of “Snowpiercer” and “The Platform”: an econ bore’s movie review

5 June 2020
Economic Theory

The dodgy economics of “Snowpiercer” and “The Platform”: an econ bore’s movie review

Kristian Niemietz
5 June 2020
I normally do not pay attention to implicit political messages in movies or TV series. I blank out a movie’s … Continue reading “The dodgy economics of “Snowpiercer” and “The Platform”: an econ bore’s movie review”

Beware the “Coronfirmation Bias” of socialist intellectuals

8 April 2020

Beware the “Coronfirmation Bias” of socialist intellectuals

Rainer Zitelmann
8 April 2020
All around the world, anti-capitalists are currently united in the hope that the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus could finally … Continue reading “Beware the “Coronfirmation Bias” of socialist intellectuals”

Anti-capitalists don’t care about the fate of the world’s poorest countries

20 November 2019
Society and Culture

Anti-capitalists don’t care about the fate of the world’s poorest countries

Rainer Zitelmann
20 November 2019
At first glance, the assertion in this article’s headline may seem unfair. After all, aren’t anti-capitalist activists widely regarded as … Continue reading “Anti-capitalists don’t care about the fate of the world’s poorest countries”

Anti-capitalism: trendy but wrong

6 November 2019
Society and Culture

Anti-capitalism: trendy but wrong

Alexander C.R. Hammond
6 November 2019
You can’t escape it; capitalism has a bad rap. Last night, thousands of anti-capitalist protestors took to the streets in … Continue reading “Anti-capitalism: trendy but wrong”

Capitalism does work – to the extent that we allow it to operate

24 October 2017
Markets and Morality

Capitalism does work – to the extent that we allow it to operate

Diego Zuluaga
24 October 2017
We all know that capitalism is failing. Jeremy Corbyn has been telling us since the 1970s, before we even had … Continue reading “Capitalism does work – to the extent that we allow it to operate”

Remember the real champions of austerity: George Monbiot and the eco-miserabilists

10 October 2017
Markets and Morality

Remember the real champions of austerity: George Monbiot and the eco-miserabilists

Christopher Snowdon
10 October 2017
Ten years ago today, George Monbiot wrote an article for the Guardian titled ‘In this age of diamond saucepans, only … Continue reading “Remember the real champions of austerity: George Monbiot and the eco-miserabilists”

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