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October 16, 2011

Demonstrations against financial greed sweep the world

Millions of protesters in 82 countries and across a thousand cities have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the bailing out of the rich.
September 10, 2011

Churches take over state schools in recession-hit Hungary

Local government officials in Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their upkeep during the economic recession.
August 22, 2011

Making finance ethical and sustainable

Many economic commentators, and those working in banking and finance, thought that the worst of the global economic recession had gone away. They were wrong. It looks to be back with a vengeance.
June 19, 2011

Britain needs 'open, rational' economic debate, say Greens

The Green Party has called for an end to "arbitrary, ego-driven economic policy-making". It wants an "open, rational debate" about sustainability.
September 24, 2010

Recession fuels poverty and unemployment harder in Scotland

A new report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows that Scotland’s unemployment rate is back to 1996 levels.
July 19, 2010

Global financial crisis is a moral and ethical one, says Tutu

The end of the Cold War has led to the false hope that all humans would be treated equally, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
June 24, 2010

Leading analysts say Budget is risky as well regressive

The UK coalition government has been left on the back foot in defending its emergency budget after established analysts proclaimed its social impact regressive and its economic approach flawed.
June 22, 2010

Cuts 'destructive and unnecessary', says the Green Party

Green Party leader Caroline Lucas MP has challenged the basic logic of the Coalition Government's massive public spending cuts, saying they are both "destructive and unnecessary."
June 22, 2010

Digging ourselves into further recession?

In the run-up to the government's 'emergency budget', the overwhelming political consensus, parroted each day by the BBC’s economic correspondents, is that ’balancing the budget’ and ’slashing the deficit’ is now a national priority.
May 11, 2010

'Stable government' is no excuse for bad policy

No coalition has yet been formed, but politicians on various sides are already talking of “stability” as if it over-rode all other considerations of democracy and policy.