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Myth 8: Organized labour is regressive

David Ransom argues that the opposite is actually true.

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Myth 7: Financial regulation will destroy a profitable banking sector

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

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 Belle Mellor

Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables

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

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Myth 5: The private sector is more efficient than the public sector

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

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'I predict...'

Economists don't always get it right...

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Myth 4: Economic migrants are a drain on rich world economies

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

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Myth 3: Taxing the rich scares off investors and stalls economic performance

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

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 Illustration: Belle Mellor

Myth 2: Deficit reduction is the only way out of a slump

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

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Myth 1: Austerity will lead to 'jobs and growth'

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

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10 economic myths we need to junk

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

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Stop the Trojan treaty – Brussels 04/02/15. Photo: Friends of the Earth Europe/Lode Sandane under a Creative Commons Licence

Sounding the TTIP alarm across the European Union

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

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Mixed media: book reviews

Stealing the Future by Max Hertzberg; Stars between the Sun and Moon by Lucia Jang and Susan McClelland. Trans by Juliet Jacques; and Vanished by Ahmed Masoud.

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Captain Hume’s Journey to India – richly imagined, beautifully realized.

Mixed media: music reviews

Captain Hume’s Journey to India by Philippe Pierlot and Dhruba Ghosh; Rwanda Is My Home by The Good Ones.

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The Black Panthers – most of its activists were women.

Mixed media: film reviews

Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley; The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, directed by Stanley Nelson.

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And finally... Susan Abulhawa

Graeme Green talks to the Palestinian American author and human rights activist.

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Article title Description Author Published Magazine Link
Myth 8: Organized labour is regressive

David Ransom argues that the opposite is actually true.

David Ransom December, 2015 488 Buy
Myth 7: Financial regulation will destroy a profitable banking sector

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

David Ransom December, 2015 488 Buy
Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables

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

Dinyar Godrej December, 2015 488 Buy
Myth 5: The private sector is more efficient than the public sector

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

Dinyar Godrej December, 2015 488 Buy
'I predict...'

Economists don't always get it right...

Dinyar Godrej December, 2015 488 Buy
Myth 4: Economic migrants are a drain on rich world economies

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

Dinyar Godrej December, 2015 488 Buy
Myth 3: Taxing the rich scares off investors and stalls economic performance

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

David Ransom December, 2015 488 Buy
Myth 2: Deficit reduction is the only way out of a slump

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

David Ransom December, 2015 488 Buy
Myth 1: Austerity will lead to 'jobs and growth'

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

Dinyar Godrej December, 2015 488 Buy
10 economic myths we need to junk

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

Dinyar Godrej December, 2015 488 Buy
Sounding the TTIP alarm across the European Union

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

Maude Barlow November, 2015 487 Read
Mixed media: book reviews

Stealing the Future by Max Hertzberg; Stars between the Sun and Moon by Lucia Jang and Susan McClelland. Trans by Juliet Jacques; and Vanished by Ahmed Masoud.

New Internationalist Editorial November, 2015 487 Buy
Mixed media: music reviews

Captain Hume’s Journey to India by Philippe Pierlot and Dhruba Ghosh; Rwanda Is My Home by The Good Ones.

Louise Gray November, 2015 487 Buy
Mixed media: film reviews

Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley; The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, directed by Stanley Nelson.

Malcolm Lewis November, 2015 487 Buy
And finally... Susan Abulhawa

Graeme Green talks to the Palestinian American author and human rights activist.

Graeme Green November, 2015 487 Buy