Tag: inequality

  • #365daysofpolitics day 21: the great divide

    Yesterday I started to read The Great Divide by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Years ago on a whim I picked up Globalisation and its Discontents and really enjoyed it, so when I heard about Stiglitz’s new book I quickly grabbed a copy. It’s great timing and I’m really looking forward to making my way through…

  • Liberal Democrat complicity in Tory ideology makes then irrelevant in 2015

    Liberal Democrat complicity in Tory ideology makes then irrelevant in 2015

    Re: Vince Cable slams excessive Conservative cuts on working poor The Liberal Democrats seem to think there are some sort of moderating government party, whose job it is to form coalitions and keep the majority partner on the straight and narrow. Except that thanks to their complicity with the Tories since 2010 they have worsened…