RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism

1810 stirrings of independence, 1910 the Belle Époque, 2010 the A.B.C.D. of poverty

Plastic waiting chairs await me in the spacious immigration offices built for streams of millions of European poor from Italy, Spain and other nations at war. The huddled masses arrived flea-bitten and seasick in their millions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These fine buildings are reminiscent of the best [...]

Editor's submission to Evo's conference

The Structural Causes of Climate Change

What follows is a discussion of structural problems in the relationship between national economies and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The emphasis is on the role of transnational capital itself, independent of national political economics.

It is argued that in order to prevent further environmental degradation, pollution and climate change, the [...]