Red Flags: I Hate Landlords. How Do I Avoid Becoming One?
Sophie K Rosa
Sophie K Rosa advises the potential inheritor of multiple properties on how to resist the temptations of landlordism.
Tag: property
Opinion: I’m a Millennial Homeowner and I Want Property Prices to Fall
Aaron Bastani
In 1997 the average property was 4.5 times the average salary. Today it is over 9 times. A 10-15% correction isn’t a crisis, writes Aaron Bastani - it’s exactly what's needed.
Opinion: The Land-Hoarding Elite Should Be Paying the Rest of Us Rent
Philip Goff
It’s time to radically overhaul how we think about property rights, argues philosopher Philip Goff. We need a universal rent.
Analysis: Britain Needs to Get Over Its Obsession With Flat Taxes
Ell Folan
From national insurance to council tax, Britain has an unhealthy obsession with flat taxes that hit the poor hardest. It’s time for the British state to be funded fully by progressive taxation, writes Ell Folan.
Ash Wednesday: You Will Never Be a Billionaire, Here’s Why.
Ash Sarkar unlocks the secrets of billionaire success that the Fortune 500 don’t want YOU to know. Hustle, grind, and mental fortitude? Nah. It’s exploitation.
Opinion: Housing Security Transformed My Mental Health
Aaron Bastani
We can’t solve the mental health crisis until we solve the housing crisis, writes Aaron Bastani.
Novara Live: Shamima Begum Can’t Come Home
The Supreme Court have ruled Shamima Begum has no right to return to Britain to appeal the removal of her citizenship. Is the UK abdicating responsibility?
GE2019: Why on Earth Shouldn’t People Be Able to Be Billionaires?
Grace Blakeley
BBC radio host Emma Barnett reacted with scornful disbelief on Thursday, when Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle argued that nobody in the UK should be a billionaire. Economist Grace Blakeley explains why Barnett is wrong to peddle the myth that the mega rich contribute to this country.
7 Reasons ‘Radical’ Publishers are Getting OWNED by the Internet
James Butler
Lawrence and Wishart, publishers of the Marx-Engels Collected Works (MECW), the most complete works available in English, recently issued an instruction to the Marxists.org internet archive to take down their digitised and freely-available copies of its text. Subsequently, the internet struck back.