Humanist economics

The Deep Wounds of Bangladesh’s Financial System By Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) The banking sector forms the bedrock of a nation’s financial architecture, relying fundamentally on public trust and the security of savings. However, political patronage, lax regulatory oversight,…

Neoliberal capitalism has been denounced recently as a destructive and dehumanising force responsible for human and environmental disasters. The alternative models are not easily found in corporate media where Margaret Thatcher’s TINA (“there is no alternative”) is still the orthodoxy…

“Capitalism’s near-death experience with the banking crisis was a golden opportunity for progressives. But they blew it.  “…preparations are well under way for protests to mark next month’s 10th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers – the pivotal moment in the…