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Progressive Economics (part 2)
What if the foundations of economic policies aren’t as firm as we are led to believe? This was the question on my mind when I wrote part 1 of this blog. I’m returning to it again in part 2, this time with the help of the economist Mariana Mazzucato’s book ‘The Value of Everything’. Contrary…
Progressive Economics (part 1)
We are in the foothills of a new industrial revolution, caused by the development of new technologies such as A.I and the need to avoid climate catastrophe. It is driven by the market and has picked up sufficient momentum that policy makers could not stop it even if they wanted to. The task of Governments…
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