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Economist Isabella Weber urges focus on affordable essentials
Original: ‘People’s dignity, and democracy, is at stake’: meet the economist ditching ideology for reality
Economist Isabella Weber argues that poverty, inequality and the rise of fascism can be addressed with a common-sense approach: making life's essentials affordable for all. In an interview with The Guardian, she says ideology should give way to reality, warning that people's dignity and democracy itself are at stake. Her argument places economic security at the centre of the defence of democratic politics, linking cost-of-living pressures directly to political stability.
Why now: Ongoing concern over the cost of living and its perceived link to rising extremism and democratic erosion.
Evidence
- ‘People’s dignity, and democracy, is at stake’: meet the economist ditching ideology for reality · The Guardian
Exclusive: Isabella Weber prescribes a common-sense solution to poverty, inequality and fascism – making life’s essentials affordable for all
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