Politics / Economics

This month we review The Growth Delusion, by David Pilling; The White City, by Roma Tearne; The Unmapped Country, by Ann Quin; and Old Demons, New Deities, edited by Tenzin Dickie.

With the Great Barrier Reef and climate targets under threat, Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret explain why this mega mine matters to all of us.

Amy Booth goes to the back of beyond in Bolivia and hears of a surprising migration.

The ‘yes’ vote wins in the first, historic referendum of its kind, writes Alessio Perrone.

Dinyar Godrej explains why we need to find another way, fast.

We need debt management not reduction, says Dinyar Godrej.

David Ransom argues that the opposite is actually true.

Why should financial markets be accountable only to themselves? asks David Ransom.

Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.

There is no evidence of greater efficiency, explains Dinyar Godrej.

Economists don't always get it right...

Migration follows a demand for labour - and benefits the receiving country, writes Dinyar Godrej.

Taxation creates prosperity just as much as private enterprise, says David Ransom.

Don't rely on those who caused the crash to resolve it, argues David Ransom.

It's wrong to sell austerity as a cure for economic woes, says Dinyar Godrej.

Dinyar Godrej and David Ransom introduce this month's main theme.

Canada is the most sued country in the ‘developed’ world, and that should be cause for grave concern, argues Maude Barlow.

Three million concerned Europeans signed a petition against a controversial new trade deal that will undermine human rights, explains Mark Dearn.

The dodgy dealings of bankers and financial traders continue to amaze and appal us. But few people realize that they, rather than governments, control the very creation of money, as Peter Stalker explains.

Edouard Tétreau makes the case for a more humane economics.