Heart
There are some really insightful people out there. PICTURE: Eduardo Goody/Unsplash Dame Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics, said this: “In the past jobs were about muscles, now they’re about brains, in the future they’ll be about heart.” This is at a time when economic demands are seeking to remove the time […]
Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the “magic theories” of market capitalism have failed and that the world needs a new type of politics that promotes dialogue and solidarity and rejects war at all costs. Francis on Sunday laid out his vision for a post-COVID world by uniting the core […]
PERFECT LEADER?
During my degree, our economics lecturer challenged us to name the best economic system. Follow the leader – but which one? PICTURE: Jehyun Sung/Unsplash. I was surprised when he said, on paper, the communist system was the best! Equality. Fairness. Unselfishness. There was one flaw. Communism only works when its leader is perfect; above self-interest […]
ESSAY: SOCIALISM NOT THE ANSWER STUDENTS NEED
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER says despite the faults of capitalism, embracing a path to Marxism is not the answer…
CHRISTMAS IN KYRGYZSTAN
I have some friends who work in Kyrgyzstan, part of the former USSR. Christmas there is very interesting. THREATENING? What is it about the birth of Christ that our systems find so threatening? PICTURE: Greyson Joralemon/Unsplash. The communists eliminated Christmas. You don’t celebrate on 25th December, rather you give presents at New Year, under […]