DEBATE: Does the UK need to address the fact that it reportedly has a ‘particularly extreme form of capitalism’? A new British Academy report argues that the UK has a ‘particularly extreme form of capitalism’ — is that something we need to address? Professor Christopher McKenna, co-director of the Global History of Capitalism Project at Oxford University, says YES. The proliferation of environmentally damaging industrial practices, the social divisions arising from monopoly power, and [...]
