Matthew Richmond

Matthew Richmond is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centro de Estudos da Metrópole (CEM), São Paulo. His research looks at current economic, social and political transformations at Brazil’s urban pe

On Corbyn and our collapsing orthodoxies

Post-08 there has at least been some form of humility from serious economic experts about their orthodoxies. Why has the same not happened with political commentators?

By Matthew Richmond

/ 21 Oct 2015

Cameron's mistake, Murdoch and the 'return of history'

David Cameron’s rise to power was facilitated by his canny appropriation of a Blairite ‘post-historical’ ideology. But as the continuing financial crisis reveals the hollowness of Fukuyama’s thesis, how will Britain’s prime minister adapt to the emphatic ‘return’ of history?

By Matthew Richmond

/ 4 May 2012

News International: Britain's Mafia

Murdoch's hold over Britain over the last three decades has been nothing short of mafia-like. Much can be learned through a comparison between the Italian mafia the Comorra, and the media mogul's empire

By Matthew Richmond

/ 28 Jul 2011