James Meadway
@meadwaj
Economist. Council member @PEF_online. Macrodose podcast, every Weds: patreon.com/Macrodose @macrodosepod
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http://jamesmeadway.substack.com 20-06-2009 15:39:38
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It makes me sad to see The Labour Party bragging about their new deal with Amazon.co.uk This is the same company who refuse to pay their workers a fair wage The same company that uses dirty union busting tactics The same company that avoids paying tax Labour have picked the wrong side
A 2% wealth tax on assets over Β£10 million could raise Β£24 billion β more than enough to fund Winter Fuel Payments, scrap the two-child benefit cap and support public sector workers. Itβs time for the sixth-largest economy to tax the super-rich and distribute wealth fairly.
The US becoming a net-exporter of fossil fuels helped boost the value of the US dollar. This has had huge ramifications for the world economy, increasing energy costs for net-importing countries, as well as trade and debt servicing costs. Read more π positivemoney.org/publications/iβ¦
Reminded of that lovely line invoked by Albert Pinto that capital is wholly nature's subsidiary.
Powerful The Herald front page. The industrial vandalism at Grangemouth, and the job losses and the breaking up of communities it will bring, is what happens when we let key decisions about our future be made by unaccounted billionaires and governments in other countries.
Not just England! Cardiff Transformed Cardiff Transformed π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώβ on Sat 28 Sept: ππππ© ππ¨ π©π€ ππ ππ€π£π? ππ€π¬ ππ€ π¬π ππͺππ‘π π¨πͺπ₯π₯π€π§π© ππ€π§ π§ππππππ‘ ππππ£ππ? Beth Winter, Richard Seymour, James Schneider, Lindsey German Tix: bit.ly/4dyOpSj