To achieve radical economic change, we need to work differently
We need to think bigger and recognise the difficulties of change, say Audrey Gaughran, Michelle Meagher and Meghna Abraham.
Read ThisTime to revive the UN commission for multinationals?
Fifty years ago, the UN was a hub of ambitious thinking about corporate power. Maybe it should be again, argues the Editor.
Read ThisPublic data, private capture: the case of India
We need to stop Big Tech from encroaching on digital public infrastructure, says Sadhana Sanjay.
Read ThisSo what should we do about corporate power?
All the ideas on Critical Takes (and more) in one short read, and how they fit into a common agenda.
Read ThisChallenging Big Oil in the North Sea
Tessa Khan of Uplift talks to Critical Takes about the legal and political campaign for a just energy transition in the UK.
Read ThisThe problem with pension fund capitalism
Public pension funds for Canada’s workers shouldn’t be extracting profit from public needs, say Livi Gerbase and Jason Ward.
Read ThisHow "national champions" are reshaping the global meat industry
Kate Sievert, Phil Howard and their co-authors show how public backing for firms from Brazil and China creates new centres of corporate power.
Read ThisWhere next for a business and human rights treaty?
Talks at the UN should run more smoothly now, but big questions about the scope of a global treaty are still open, says Sikho Luthango.
Read ThisFrom mining transparency to justice and equity
Ketakandriana Rafitoson talks about the Publish What You Pay coalition’s new global strategy for the energy transition.
Read This2025 is going to be a bumpy year
Trump, trade tensions, new tech and the climate crisis will make for a volatile year, says the Editor.
Read ThisLand, sugar and corporate power
Kelvin Chirwa offers a close-up view of the power imbalance on the ground between small farmers and a multinational in Malawi.
Read ThisTaking Uber to court and winning
James Farrar of Worker Info Exchange talks to Critical Takes about pushing back against data-driven exploitation of workers.
Read ThisUnhealthy diets, outsized profits
Ultra-processed diets are a tell-tale sign that something’s deeply wrong with our food systems and our economies, says Benjamin Wood.
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