Leaking water, draining finance: the case for putting water in public hands
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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The Absent Corporation
Praising Parliamentary Watchdogs
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
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
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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At last, a vindication from the National Audit Office
It is a strange thing, vouchsafed to few of us, to find ourselves vindicated by the National Audit Office of
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Milking it
Systemic corporate failures are leaving our glass of milk half empty… There’s a milk and butter shortage threatened, who would
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Can any country opt-out of Google?
Nations may opt-out of the EU, and regions out of nations, but is corporate power inescapable? Lindsay Mackie reports on a
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How companies are hiding from customers
Why are large companies trying to distance themselves so much from their customers? Listen, starting at 20 minutes 28 seconds: the
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