The government’s admission that austerity does not work is a small victory for social movements that have long fought against these policies.
Tax the rich, not the poor
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Illicit Financial Flows
Samancor and the dark side of foreign investment
The story of Samancor Chrome is a textbook case of how “investor-friendly” policymaking has enabled corporate plunder, at the cost of long-term development.
Education cuts are provincial choice within national programme
There are many ways in which the Provincial Treasury can reprioritise spending to secure teaching jobs.
LEFT ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND THE STATE
We should make a serious effort to understand the reasons behind the public disinterest in supporting progressive economic ideas.