To Save The Economy, We Have To Break Its One Sacred Rule

To Save The Economy, We Have To Break Its One Sacred Rule

Scholars are still trying to figure out why the society on Easter Island collapsed, ending the people famed for their construction of towering stone heads. One interesting theory holds that it had to do with the heads themselves. Somehow, the islanders decided that...
How Corporate Power Has Achieved A Silent Coup At A Global Scale

How Corporate Power Has Achieved A Silent Coup At A Global Scale

Corporate Power. A Global Coup? Who rules the world? It’s a very important question for anyone who wants to change the status quo. A new pamphlet released today argues that we live on a One Party Planet, namely that one overarching ideology – Neoliberalism, Freemarket...

Are Economic Growth and Social Justice Incompatible?

A dialogue on the illusions of economic growth and what we can do about it. This is an excerpt from a discussion between Dr. Jason Hickel of the London School of Economics (LSE) and Alnoor Ladha of /The Rules that took place at the LSE in early 2014. Alnoor Ladha...

The madness of capital

Last month the Associated Press reported that the income gap in the United States broke a new record in 2012, with the 1% grabbing a greater share of total household wealth than ever before in history. This news follows on the heels of the fact that the 1% not only...