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corruption Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz calls neoliberalism "a failed ideology" and sketches out a "progressive capitalism" to replace it Cory Doctorow

class war Laurie Penny blazes: Brexit is just the latest alibi for austerity Cory Doctorow

futurism Why all of us need to be futurists David Pescovitz

panama papers It's the criminal economy, stupid! Kathi Vian and Mark Frauenfelder