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SPARC @wearesparc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A wealth tax is possible - but it would be a sticking plaster, not a cure. If we want to reverse wealth inequality, we need to ask: where does wealth actually come from? Critical intervention by @raedeer.bsky.social wearesparc.org/wealth-taxes... #WealthTax #Inequality #UKPolitics #Economics

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Wealth Taxes: Beyond the Rhetoric -

A wealth tax is technically feasible, but current proposals miss the markBy Rae Deer Earlier this year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) published a

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SPARC @wearesparc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Crypto has become a key mechanism for circumventing US financial sanctions sanctions, yet stablecoins accelerate dollarisation in the Global South - what does this mean for global capitalism and imperialist power relations? 🔗 wearesparc.org/bandits-and-... #Bitcoin #Geopolitics #Crypto

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Bandits and Bitcoin: Trump, Iran and Distributed Ledgers -

Juan J. Duque Cryptocurrencies are arguably one of the most popular topics of recent years. This article is an approach to them from Marxist political economy.

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SPARC @wearesparc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The war in the Gulf isn't just a military conflict—it's triggering the largest oil supply shock on record and threatening global recession. A sobering read on supply chains, the petrodollar, and what comes next. #Geopolitics #Economics #OilCrisis #SupplyChain wearesparc.org/imperialism-...

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The Economics of the Third Gulf War -

By Dillon Maxwell We know when wars start, but not when they will end. Every British schoolchild is told about the infamous consensus at the onset of the First

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SPARC @wearesparc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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SPARC @wearesparc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"Globalisation, far from producing peaceful economic competition and state cooperation, has given birth to new and virulent forms of imperialism... resting on the organisation of production across borders and the command of money and finance." #imperialism #capitalism wearesparc.org/balancesheet...

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Imperialism Today: Production, Money and Power in a Fragmenting World -

Costas Lapavitsas SOAS Imperialist ascendancy The intensification of imperialism during the last two decades, with the USA in the lead, is beyond dispute.

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SPARC @wearesparc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We are proud to announce the launch of the Socioeconomic Policy Analysis & Research Collective (SPARC). We are an international research collective who analyse contemporary capitalism to develop concrete alternatives in the interests of working people. For more info visit www.wearesparc.org

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