Taking on the energy giants: The co-operative insurgency gains ground
The roots of the co-operative movement lie in providing an alternative to unscrupulous providers; it was made for the fight against the energy oligopoly.
The roots of the co-operative movement lie in providing an alternative to unscrupulous providers; it was made for the fight against the energy oligopoly.
One of the reasons that economies are being crucified on the cross of ‘austerity’ is the discrediting of so-called Keynesian policies of the 1970s, writes Ann Pettifor.
The RSA’s fringe event at Labour party conference focused on how the public is in “denial” about the necessity of public spending cuts. Ben Page, CEO of Ipsos-MORI, set out that voters are “in denial” over spending cuts.
In his article in yesterday’s Daily Mail, Francis Wheen claims that our society is the fulfillment of 1970s paranoia. He also has a book out, called “Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia.” But Wheen does our age a disservice in turning his theory of the 1970s into a theory of now.