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Coronanomics: the new normal

As states have responded to the Coronavirus, with extended powers of lockdown, and aid to business combined with increased welfare provisions, a new term has entered our vocabulary.   Steve Latham   “Coronanomics” describes this process of growing government control. In a rejection of neo-liberalism, even the Right has adopted […]

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It all tastes of failure

The British Empire, so secure when Nona Baker, a young Englishwoman, sails to Malaya in the 1930s, was in tatters when she returned home in 1945.   Sean Sheehan   Her story of those tumultuous years, “Pai Naa”, mirroring the contours of war, empire and colonization, is a heartfelt tale, […]

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City feelings

To understand, and act effectively within, the city, we need multi-level empirical research: macro-analyses of statistics, figures, and algorithms; and micro-studies, from interviews and focus groups.      Steve Latham   These require integrating in a cybernetic approach to the city’s many systems: business, the arts, education, and politics. And […]