We’re pleased that a long letter by Feasta’s Anne Ryan about Basic Income and Land Value Tax was published in the Irish Times on November 30. You can read it here: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/basic-income-and-a-land-tax-1.3309792…
Why I put time and energy into advocating universal basic income
Anne Ryan argues that a basic income is essential in order to enable us to achieve a sane, humane and ecological society worldwide.
The Corruption of Capitalism by Guy Standing: review by Brian Davey
This book is a powerful attack on rentier capitalism and, very explicitly, a call to revolt. Standing is at his best describing the features of crony capitalism that are totally different from the neo-liberal story of free markets that justifies it. While a very informative read, the analysis urgently needs to be expanded if the emerging commons movement is to be able to adapt to the limits to growth.
Commons in the political mainstream?
There is a good chance that a new Labour government in the UK will introduce widespread measures to revive the commons. This would be quite revolutionary, but in what context would the new policies be launched and how would they be countered by the political economic elite? And how should a future Labour government act to forestall problems arising from the limits to economic growth? By Brian Davey.
Qualitative Easing : The Urgent Need to Pick Winners
Graham Barnes identifies some of the challenges to effective investment that we're currently facing, and suggests two potential remedies: the re-emergence of the direction-setting state and the growth of value-based currencies.
Feasta submission to the Irish National Planning Framework for 2040
We welcome the Plan’s emphasis on revitalising brownfield and other disused urban sites, on regional development, and on strengthening public transport and bicycle infrastructure. We would urge that more emphasis be placed on the economics of energy - specificially, the easing of pressure on the transport sector - and on the need to democratise infrastructure.
