Oxfam identifies inequalities in shocking detail, but provides no solution
Price-gouging is a real monopoly practice. But is it really at the root of the global economic crisis?
Proletarian writers
The 45 energy firms on Forbes list of the 2,000 biggest companies averaged $237bn a year in windfall (above the usual rate) profits in 2021 and 2022.
For decades, Oxfam shops have been a common fixture on British high streets. Their twin-track approach of selling cheap second-hand clothes, used books, tantalising bric-a brac and ethically-sourced products from developing countries, with the promise of charitable contributions winging their way to the wretchedly poor overseas, has appeared to be a winning formula: spending and salvation.
In a single transaction, Oxfam meets the needs of the enlightened shopper worrying about conspicuous ...
