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Month: May 2018

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Designing the future: a review of Economic Science Fictions

May 27, 2018 by Justin Reynolds

A little over a century ago, there was an expectation that the future was ours to map and manage. An excerpt from a review for New Socialist of Economic Science Fictions, edited by Wiliam Davies.

Categories Economics, Film, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Science Fiction, Technology

‘A Party with Socialists in It’: a review of a new history of the Labour Party

May 27, 2018May 6, 2018 by Justin Reynolds

As with any broad church Labour fractious congregation will only survive if its factions try to understand and tolerate each other’s theologies. Simon Hannah’s engaging history offers a useful pastoral resource for all those who want to help perpetuate that uneasy but rich alliance.

Categories Politics, Reviews

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This blog archives work by essayist and business writer Justin Reynolds from 2014 to early 2020, when I wrote  about technology, politics, business, economics, design and culture. Words for CityMetric, openDemocracy, The Calvert Journal, The New European, Social Europe, The Norwich Radical and New Socialist. More »

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