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Tag Archives: capitalism
IAN McAULEY. What lies beyond capitalism?
This a review of Wolfgang Streeck’s book ‘How will capitalism end?’. Communists of the world, relax! Don’t spend your efforts trying to bring down capitalism, because it’s going to bring itself down.
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged Allan Patience, capitalism, economy, Ian McAuley, Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi, neoliberalism, politics, socialism, Vance Packard, Wolfgang Streeck
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ALLAN PATIENCE. The End is Nigh! Anticipating a Post-Capitalist World
Capitalism is in crisis. What Marx referred to as its internal contradictions have begun undermining its very foundations. It is time to ask what a post-capitalist world will be like.
ROSS GARNAUT. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Part 1.
The Challenge of Globalisation. I will be posting in two parts, extracts from an address which Professor Ross Garnaut gave to the Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney, 7 September 2016. the full text of his address can be found … Continue reading
Michael Keating. Capitalism and the Economy.
As both John Menadue and Ian McAuley have argued in recent posts there are good social reasons for governments to intervene to modify the outcomes from a purely capitalist economy. Right now rising inequality and taxation avoidance by companies and … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged capitalism, Chinse savings, low wages, Michael Keating, rising inequality, tax avoidance
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John Menadue. Capitalism, inequality and taxation.
In his challenging series last week on ‘Is capitalism redeemable’ Ian McAuley drew attention to how growing inequality is the cause not only of serious social concerns, but it is also presenting us with some quite serious economic problems. There … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged capitalism, IMF, inequality, Pope Francis, tax advisory firms, tax avoidance, taxation
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