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Workers are at the heart of the capitalist system. And that’s why they are at the center of socialist politics.
The ABCs of Socialism
Bhaskar Sunkara
Debates over innovative funding sources should reflect on citizens’ rights and the entitlements which social services deliver, and not merely whether they generate additional resources in difficult times.
Social impact bonds: a wolf in sheep’s clothing?
Neil McHugh ; Stephen Sinclair ; Michael Roy ; Leslie Huckfield ; Cam Donaldson
the fundamental problem in the climate change context is that cost-benefit analysis cannot tell us whether we are on the right mountain. While scrambling meticulously over the details of any cost-benefit exercise, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that at its base lies a set of fundamental assumptions about resource rights, income distribution, population size, intergenerational equity, international obligation, the likelihood of technological innovation, the capacity of individuals and communities to adapt to climate change, the trajectory of the economy, and so on. Alter these assumptions and one stands on a different mountain, where cost-benefit analysis once again can offer advice on whether a proposed step will lead incrementally up or down.
Ways Not to Think About Climate Change
Kysar, Doug
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