Economics
Posts delving into economic theory, systems, history, policy, and the critical questions underpinning economic thought.
Piggy Bank, Not Robin Hood: The Popular Myth of the Welfare State
Unpacking the data: Most welfare state spending redistributes resources across the life course, not from rich to poor.
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33 Things They Never Told You About Capitalism - Part 2
Explore 33 illuminating myths about capitalism, revealing how markets, finance, and innovation really work—and what they never told you. (Part 2)
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33 Things They Never Told You About Capitalism - Part 1
Explore 33 illuminating myths about capitalism, revealing how markets, finance, and innovation really work—and what they never told you.
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THE EXECUTIVE CHALLENGE
Are You Really A Systems Thinker—Or Running on Business School Reflexes?
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THE TRAGEDY OF #ECONOMICS: How We Were Taught to Obey Power, Not Trust Ourselves
How neoclassical economics manufactured distrust and obedience by teaching us to fear cooperation and trust only in power.
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OUR SHOCKING HYPOCRISY ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
True sustainability means cutting our consumption—especially meat—for the planet and our future.
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IS CAPITALISM LEGITIMATE?
If the core relationships of capitalism are built on power, not equality, can any talk of "just capitalism" escape being another excuse for domination?
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The Wanderer: A Quest for Meaning in a Restless World
From Romantic solitude to postmodern rootlessness - the economic wanderers today confront a world where identity and meaning quickly dissolve in the fog of market forces.
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Revisiting Surplus: Why Marx Still Matters for Modern Work
Beyond the caricatures of Marxism-Leninism, Marx’s analysis of capitalism, inequality, and alienation remains a crucial lens for understanding work, innovation, and organisational change.
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Surely You’re Joking, Alfred Nobel! - The Curious Mystery of the Bogus Nobel Prize in Economics
A dramatic exposé of the so-called “Nobel Prize in Economics”—how a Bank’s vanity project hijacked Alfred Nobel’s vision and shaped the world for the worse.
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The IMF: An Outdated Relic Blocking Global Justice
A critique of the IMF’s entrenched inequities and neoliberal bias, calling for radical democratization, decolonization, and a reorientation toward global justice
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How Economic Science Lost Its Heart and Soul
Why the “Civil Economy” offers a powerful alternative to today’s profit-obsessed capitalism—and what it means for leaders, organisations, and society.
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