Labour's only way forward is not as the champion of either business or the working class, but as an honest referee in the armistice that is social democracy.
While the rumoured AI takeover of economic life may be far fetched for technological reasons, there are also serious political and social problems limiting just how such an elite project could operate: capital needs consumers, consumers need wages.
Is there a case for re-examining the collapse of 2008 in light of Thomas Piketty's new book?
2013 was the year the true nature of this UK Coalition became visible: it hasn't the faintest idea how to mend the economy, and its austerity programme is becoming increasingly aggressive and distasteful. The UK is in a hole, and it's not clear how it's getting out.
Advertising and marketing firms have helped to promote individuality through the image of 'cool', something that was harnessed at the time of the 1968 protests. How has this concept evolved and in what way will it alter the direction of protest today?
The wild profits and net worths that the internet has enabled has created a massive power shift, leaving the corporations to overbear the countries they inhabit. In light of this, what are the consequences for both parties?
