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The test and trace crisis reveals why capitalism isn’t working

3rd October 20203rd October 2020 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments COVID-19, Economic policy, privatisation

Lindsay Mackie, Andrew Simms and David Boyle argue that the UK test and trace debacle shows why capitalism – critics

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How the AA was hollowed-out by Anglo American economics

21st August 202021st August 2020 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments absent corporation, debt, Economics

The world of staycation is bound to lead to those sad scenes by motorways and country roads of the broken

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Test and What? How official lack of confidence in the public sector worsened the crisis

5th June 202010th June 2020 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments COVID-19, PPE, privatisation

In the sorry tale of the UK’s response to the corona virus there are many lessons. The current unfolding illumination

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How privatisation designed-in the PPE chaos

25th May 202025th May 2020 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Economics, health, PPE, privatisation

Sometimes we are enabled to see clearly. A light shines and we have the ‘intake of breath’ moment. One such

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Interserve – the return of too big to fail?

26th February 201927th February 2019 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

Lindsay Mackie looks at the costs and consequences when extractive capitalism is put in charge of providing essential public services,

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Patisserie Valerie – how finance had its cake and ate it…

31st January 201931st January 2019 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

I have a stake, or at least a pastry, in the story of the failed café chain Patisserie Valerie. In

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Leaking water, draining finance: the case for putting water in public hands

23rd July 2018 Andrew Simms 1 Comment

In the middle of a heatwave and drought, it’s not just the leakage allowed by private water companies (as much

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Praising Parliamentary Watchdogs

25th May 201829th May 2018 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments

The giant services firm Carillion collapsed under the weight of its own greed, hubris and mismanagement in January this year.

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The economics of gobbling

24th March 201824th March 2018 Lindsay Mackie 2 Comments GKN, Melrose, takeovers

Shouting ‘look over there’ while getting on with something nefarious over here is a tried and true tactic. So as

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Crapitalism: & the alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing

6th February 20186th February 2018 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

Lindsay Mackie and Andrew Simms ask why we’re not using proven alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing News last week that Capita

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