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...economic status quo. Their frustrations are directed at globalisation, elite politics, austerity, fears about threats to identities, and immigration. Britain’s vote for Brexit was itself seen as a pointer to the growing power of these frustrations. Would a Trump Presidency seek common purpose with Britain and other European allies to find solutions? Trump’s rhetoric...

...Economic Forum event in Davos, Switzerland. The report highlights that we live in a world of growing inequality: a deepening and widening gulf between the richest 1% and the rest of humanity. Oxfam calculate that the 62 richest people in the world have since 2010 seen their wealth increase by 44%, equivalent to more than half a trillion dollars. Yes you read that right,...

...economic infrastructure that surrounds it is crucial to neoliberalism. About 30% of the daily global turnover of foreign exchange takes place in London; London has over 40% of the global foreign equity market; and so on. Meanwhile, the 2005 UN Report on Human Development produces 'the usual' statistics – the kind that are so bad it is difficult to know how to receive...