Growing anger over rising inequality makes the UK a testing ground for late-stage capitalist economic model.
Nick Clegg and David Cameron’s coalition win in 2010 heralded the return of Thatcherite policies | Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
(openDemocracy)* — When the British environmentalist and TV presenter, Chris Packham, tweeted a link to a striking video of sewage gushing out of a pipe onto a sandy beach in Sussex last week, it caused quite the stir.
By mid-week, the video had surpassed five million views – the latest demonstration of a change in public attitudes to the privatised water companies.
CARACAS, Sep 3 2022 (IPS)* – Venezuela is preparing to replicate the experience of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), a mechanism with which more than 60 countries have tried to draw investment and accelerate economic growth, while under its avowedly socialist government a “silent neoliberalism” is gaining ground. | En español
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A partial view of the city of Punto Fijo, with the Cardón refinery in the background, on the Paraguaná peninsula, projected as a special economic zone overlooking the Caribbean in northwest Venezuela. CREDIT: Megaconstrucciones
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