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responsible capitalism Articles

‘The unacceptable face of capitalism’

British Home Stores, once the flagship enterprise of the then acclaimed ‘retail wizard’ Philip Green, is winding up fast. Eleven thousand employees stand to lose their jobs. 20,000 pensioners face cuts to their pensions – losing up to 77 per cent in the worst case....

The smallest minority

Attacking Topshop helps no one Politics remains a world dominated by white men and I am a BAME woman. Yet possibly the very smallest minority within the Labour party that I belong to is that of members who work in the private sector. This was a point I put to Jeremy...

An end to the zero-sum economy

By articulating a vision that spoke about the future and connected with people’s aspirations, the Labour party was able to win three successive general elections. In simplistic terms, the model for the political economy was that government intervention was limited to...

Simply ‘more jobs and growth’ may no longer be adequate

Does the left have a plan for the next economic downturn? When it comes to thinkpieces on why the left failed to make the most out of a global crisis in 2008, supply has far outweighed demand. But eight years on, a pressing task for the Labour party should be to...