Long Read: The Four Neat Tricks Corporations Used to Take Over the World
Claire Provost & Matt Kennard
As the old empires have crumbled, corporations have staged a silent coup against democracy - reaching every corner of the globe.
Tag: foreign aid
Novara Live: Sunak’s Spending Review
With a public sector pay freeze and cuts to foreign aid, has Rishi Sunak’s spending review shown him to be a typical Tory class warrior? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Meadway.
5 Problems with Effective Altruism
Connor Woodman
The growing Effective Altruism movement seeks to help people give to charity in a smarter way. But is philanthropy really the most effective way to challenge global injustice?
Why Is the British Government Using Its Aid Budget to Keep People in Poverty?
Diane Abbott
The UK government pitches its international aid deals as win-win, but increasingly aid is being used to advance British interests at the expense of the world's poor and displaced, writes Diane Abbott.