Money and Wealth
Most people equate money with wealth, but in economic terms money and wealth are quite separate things. Wealth can be defined as those goods and services which are essential to wellbeing, along with...
View ArticleThe Corbyn Effect
Anyone who believes in the possibility of a better world should support Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn, even if they’re not convinced by his traditional left-wing agenda, argues Mark Braund....
View ArticleA Modern Greek Tragedy: A Warning to Others?
Looking at the terms of the Greek bailout one thing is abundantly clear: this is not only a heartless deal, but a brainless one as well. The IMF – no tooth fairy themselves, as the Nigerian Seun Kuti’s...
View ArticleSixty Seconds Sense with Pete Johansson – For-profit prisons
How can we begin to reduce crime if corporations profit from having full jails? The post Sixty Seconds Sense with Pete Johansson – For-profit prisons appeared first on Renegade Inc..
View ArticleIt’s economics, stupid.
In 2008 the Queen asked Luis Garicano, an economics professor at The London School of Economics, why nobody saw the global financial crisis coming. He was unable to answer her question. Is there a...
View ArticleNot all businesses are the same
We need a more sophisticated debate about business and how it impacts on wider society, writes Mark Braund. Many reasons were offered for the calamitous defeat of the opposition Labour Party in the...
View ArticleFractional reserve banking
Fractional reserve banking began in Britain in the early days of gold and silver coinage, when people would deposit their coins with goldsmiths for safekeeping. The goldsmith issued a certificate with...
View ArticleElite power and unearned wealth
By now you may have noticed a common theme in these descriptions of how the banking sector and the financial markets make money: they do so not by creating real wealth but by manipulating a...
View ArticleHow To Be Self-Employed In The “Big Society”
What It All Means Making a job, not taking a job means so much more than simply turning your back on employment and setting up on your own. It is more a way of life, a new distinctive multiple income...
View ArticleExclusion and its consequences
Make no mistake, the purposeful exclusion of growing numbers from economic activity is an integral aspect of the economic system. The argument that there is no alternative to current arrangements...
View ArticlePeople who think differently
Despite their bed-hopping antics, the most important legacy of the Bloomsbury Group is what can be achieved by people who are prepared to challenge convention in pursuit of a better world, argues Mark...
View ArticleDavid Kotok Interview
Ross Ashcroft speaks to David Kotok, founder of Camp Kotok and Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland Advisors. The post David Kotok Interview appeared first on Renegade Inc..
View ArticleOne has a job for life.
Why do we celebrate one person’s right to a job for life when they never interviewed for the position asks Matthew Lacey. Wednesday this week, upwards of 1000 people stood patiently at Tweedbank...
View ArticleBarry Ritholtz Interview
At Camp Kotok in Maine, USA, Ross Ashcroft speaks to author, columnist, equities analyst and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, Barry Ritholtz. The post Barry Ritholtz Interview appeared first on...
View ArticleTaxation
Currently we are taxed on what we produce, perhaps it would be more progressive to tax land instead of our labour? The post Taxation appeared first on Renegade Inc..
View ArticleDavid Graeber: What the government doesn’t want you to know about debt
David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Debt: The First 5000 years, explains in this ‘Comment is Free’ piece that ‘if the government balances its books, it becomes impossible for the private sector...
View ArticleMeet The Renegades – Anat Admati
Ross Ashcroft speaks to Anat Admati, Finance and Economics professor at Stanford School of Business. She is author of The Bankers’ New Clothes and gives a truthful view into the banking sector and the...
View ArticleCan Central Banks Bail Out The Economy Next Time Around?
There are vast numbers of Zombie companies out there who are paying off nominal interest payments on huge debts in order to keep the lights on. “Zombie Company” is a media term for a company that needs...
View ArticleMeet the Renegades – Ian Gilbert
In this Meet the Renegades, Ross Ashcroft speaks to writer and educator Ian Gilbert. They discuss the faltering education system in developed nations and how it is affecting a generation of children....
View ArticleMeet the Renegades – Christian Felber
On this episode of Meet the Renegades, Ross Ashcroft welcomes Christian Felber – author, lecturer and founder of the Economy for the Common Good. From Aristotle to Adam Smith economics was a school of...
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