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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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“Industrial policy is something you need to achieve progressive outcomes, rather than something that generates progressive outcomes simply by being enacted.”
Listen to our Principal US Economist Alex Williams on the History Onion podcast 👇
historyonion.substack.com/p/a-progress...
Listen to our Principal US Economist Alex Williams on the History Onion podcast 👇
historyonion.substack.com/p/a-progress...
A Progressive Economic Program for the Future
Episode 46
historyonion.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“Industrial policy is something you need to achieve progressive outcomes, rather than something that generates progressive outcomes simply by being enacted.”
Listen to our Principal US Economist Alex Williams on the History Onion podcast 👇
historyonion.substack.com/p/a-progress...
Listen to our Principal US Economist Alex Williams on the History Onion podcast 👇
historyonion.substack.com/p/a-progress...
“A crisis looks unlikely, unless caused by a new shock. [But] a long gradual slowdown, a sunset on the supply side ... might even be the base case for 2026.”
Read the first edition of our monthly newsletter on the supply side of the US economy. 👇
forcesofproduction.com
Read the first edition of our monthly newsletter on the supply side of the US economy. 👇
forcesofproduction.com
Forces of Production | Substack
Track Macro With Us at Common Wealth. Click to read Forces of Production, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“A crisis looks unlikely, unless caused by a new shock. [But] a long gradual slowdown, a sunset on the supply side ... might even be the base case for 2026.”
Read the first edition of our monthly newsletter on the supply side of the US economy. 👇
forcesofproduction.com
Read the first edition of our monthly newsletter on the supply side of the US economy. 👇
forcesofproduction.com
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“When it comes to the asset managers, there hasn't been major divestment from Israel. Israeli companies really need that capital, and they’re advertising genocide to the West as an opportunity for profit.”
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
Why does Israel want to further privatise the genocide?
An interview with political economists Shir Hever and Khem Rogaly.
www.vashtimedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“When it comes to the asset managers, there hasn't been major divestment from Israel. Israeli companies really need that capital, and they’re advertising genocide to the West as an opportunity for profit.”
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
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Great overview by @cibled.bsky.social for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social here who is also writing an excellent chapter on the convergence of “space libertarians” and venture capital for a volume we are working on.
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Star Wars: Why the Left Should Protect the Status of Space as Humanity’s Commons
Wealthy countries and corporations are seeking to rewrite international law to undermine the neutrality of space and privatise its land and resources.
www.common-wealth.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Great overview by @cibled.bsky.social for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social here who is also writing an excellent chapter on the convergence of “space libertarians” and venture capital for a volume we are working on.
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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“Venture capital and private equity represent another group of investors in today's global military industry that’s very powerful in the defence tech sector ... you often don’t know where the money is coming from.”
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
Why does Israel want to further privatise the genocide?
An interview with political economists Shir Hever and Khem Rogaly.
www.vashtimedia.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“Venture capital and private equity represent another group of investors in today's global military industry that’s very powerful in the defence tech sector ... you often don’t know where the money is coming from.”
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
Khem Rogaly speaks to @vashtimedia.bsky.social 👇
www.vashtimedia.com/israel-priva...
“The Global South is where the majority of these critical minerals are located, but these countries have not been included in this conference.”
@stefanzylinski.bsky.social speaks to @aljazeera.com on the US-hosted conference developing a Global North coalition on critical mineral security.
@stefanzylinski.bsky.social speaks to @aljazeera.com on the US-hosted conference developing a Global North coalition on critical mineral security.
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
“The Global South is where the majority of these critical minerals are located, but these countries have not been included in this conference.”
@stefanzylinski.bsky.social speaks to @aljazeera.com on the US-hosted conference developing a Global North coalition on critical mineral security.
@stefanzylinski.bsky.social speaks to @aljazeera.com on the US-hosted conference developing a Global North coalition on critical mineral security.
“Common Wealth has termed this the ‘privatisation premium’. Their ‘Who Owns Britain?’ project shows the UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.”
Our work featured in @neweconomybrief.bsky.social 👇
www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/e...
Our work featured in @neweconomybrief.bsky.social 👇
www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/e...
Explaining Manchesterism | NEB Digest
This week’s New Economy Brief explores what we know about Burnham’s proposed ‘Manchesterism’ and what it could mean for the UK.
www.neweconomybrief.net
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
“Common Wealth has termed this the ‘privatisation premium’. Their ‘Who Owns Britain?’ project shows the UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.”
Our work featured in @neweconomybrief.bsky.social 👇
www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/e...
Our work featured in @neweconomybrief.bsky.social 👇
www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/e...
Let’s talk about water bills.
With England & Wales’ privatised water system, you’re left paying more for less.
Customer complaints over water bills in England & Wales have risen by 50% over the last year alone.
Find out more at common-wealth.org 💧
With England & Wales’ privatised water system, you’re left paying more for less.
Customer complaints over water bills in England & Wales have risen by 50% over the last year alone.
Find out more at common-wealth.org 💧
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Let’s talk about water bills.
With England & Wales’ privatised water system, you’re left paying more for less.
Customer complaints over water bills in England & Wales have risen by 50% over the last year alone.
Find out more at common-wealth.org 💧
With England & Wales’ privatised water system, you’re left paying more for less.
Customer complaints over water bills in England & Wales have risen by 50% over the last year alone.
Find out more at common-wealth.org 💧
The majority of Britain’s major rail operators are now owned by the public! 🎉
Success could help bring other essential services under democratic control.
Failure will embolden privatisation advocates across every sector.
Labour must get this right.
www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Success could help bring other essential services under democratic control.
Failure will embolden privatisation advocates across every sector.
Labour must get this right.
www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working?
Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownership
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The majority of Britain’s major rail operators are now owned by the public! 🎉
Success could help bring other essential services under democratic control.
Failure will embolden privatisation advocates across every sector.
Labour must get this right.
www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Success could help bring other essential services under democratic control.
Failure will embolden privatisation advocates across every sector.
Labour must get this right.
www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
“As the UK seeks to expand housing supply, we need ... viable and properly resourced communities ... taking back control of our water to invest in the infrastructure should be a critical part of this mission.”
@mathewlawrence.bsky.social quoted in @bigissue.com ⬇️
www.bigissue.com/news/environ...
@mathewlawrence.bsky.social quoted in @bigissue.com ⬇️
www.bigissue.com/news/environ...
Can we build enough reservoirs to escape the jaws of death?
Water demands from AI data centres is placing extra strain on our reservoirs, which are already in need of serious investment
www.bigissue.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
“As the UK seeks to expand housing supply, we need ... viable and properly resourced communities ... taking back control of our water to invest in the infrastructure should be a critical part of this mission.”
@mathewlawrence.bsky.social quoted in @bigissue.com ⬇️
www.bigissue.com/news/environ...
@mathewlawrence.bsky.social quoted in @bigissue.com ⬇️
www.bigissue.com/news/environ...
Are reparations radical?
Kojo Koram speaks to Eleanor Shearer on the case for reparations.
For more on reparative justice and extractive capitalism in Caribbean, explore our visual project: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Kojo Koram speaks to Eleanor Shearer on the case for reparations.
For more on reparative justice and extractive capitalism in Caribbean, explore our visual project: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Are reparations radical?
Kojo Koram speaks to Eleanor Shearer on the case for reparations.
For more on reparative justice and extractive capitalism in Caribbean, explore our visual project: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Kojo Koram speaks to Eleanor Shearer on the case for reparations.
For more on reparative justice and extractive capitalism in Caribbean, explore our visual project: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Publicly-owned buses across Britain have already reinvested profits back into networks, delivered high quality services & rising ridership numbers.
They're also innovators — leading the transition to electric buses & free Wi-Fi.
www.cityam.com/tfl-wants-to...
They're also innovators — leading the transition to electric buses & free Wi-Fi.
www.cityam.com/tfl-wants-to...
TfL wants to create a publicly owned bus company for London
If established, it would be the first major publicly owned bus company to operate in the capital for thirty years.
www.cityam.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Publicly-owned buses across Britain have already reinvested profits back into networks, delivered high quality services & rising ridership numbers.
They're also innovators — leading the transition to electric buses & free Wi-Fi.
www.cityam.com/tfl-wants-to...
They're also innovators — leading the transition to electric buses & free Wi-Fi.
www.cityam.com/tfl-wants-to...
“You are already aboard an economic vessel, squinting to see the future atop the forces of production. Your ship could be a business, a government agency, or ... nothing more than your wallet — you are already navigating, economically.”
Subscribe to our new newsletter. ⬇️
www.forcesofproduction.com
Subscribe to our new newsletter. ⬇️
www.forcesofproduction.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
“You are already aboard an economic vessel, squinting to see the future atop the forces of production. Your ship could be a business, a government agency, or ... nothing more than your wallet — you are already navigating, economically.”
Subscribe to our new newsletter. ⬇️
www.forcesofproduction.com
Subscribe to our new newsletter. ⬇️
www.forcesofproduction.com
“We can think about the restructuring of the global economy to remove ... dependence, not just from foreign tourist industries but offshore financial centres & tax havens” — Kojo Koram
Explore our visual project on the Caribbean: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Explore our visual project on the Caribbean: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 AM
“We can think about the restructuring of the global economy to remove ... dependence, not just from foreign tourist industries but offshore financial centres & tax havens” — Kojo Koram
Explore our visual project on the Caribbean: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Explore our visual project on the Caribbean: https://visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
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🚨Common Wealth is hiring a Production Officer.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Deadline extended
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
🚨Common Wealth is hiring a Production Officer.
Find out more and apply 👇
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January 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Deadline extended
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
“Single-family rentals now account for 40% of all investment in the booming build-to-rent sector.”
Read Adam Almeida in @theguardian.com on how the build-to-rent sector is changing — while the public still lose out to institutional investors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read Adam Almeida in @theguardian.com on how the build-to-rent sector is changing — while the public still lose out to institutional investors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wall Street landlords have met a surprising opponent in Trump. So why is Starmer courting them? | Adam Almeida
To win votes, Trump can afford to face up to corporate power – to deliver his promised 1.5m homes, Starmer can’t, says writer and researcher Adam Almeida
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 AM
“Single-family rentals now account for 40% of all investment in the booming build-to-rent sector.”
Read Adam Almeida in @theguardian.com on how the build-to-rent sector is changing — while the public still lose out to institutional investors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read Adam Almeida in @theguardian.com on how the build-to-rent sector is changing — while the public still lose out to institutional investors.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are proud to announce the launch of Forces of Production — a new monthly newsletter tracking the supply side of the US economy.
But first: do you know where the US economy actually is right now? Not how it feels, but what it actually does all day?
Most don't. And that's the problem.
But first: do you know where the US economy actually is right now? Not how it feels, but what it actually does all day?
Most don't. And that's the problem.
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
We are proud to announce the launch of Forces of Production — a new monthly newsletter tracking the supply side of the US economy.
But first: do you know where the US economy actually is right now? Not how it feels, but what it actually does all day?
Most don't. And that's the problem.
But first: do you know where the US economy actually is right now? Not how it feels, but what it actually does all day?
Most don't. And that's the problem.
Deadline extended
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
🚨Common Wealth is hiring a Production Officer.
Find out more and apply 👇
Find out more and apply 👇
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Deadline extended
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
🗓️Applications close 10 AM (GMT) Monday 2 February.
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According to SIPRI, NATO’s five per cent target means increasing UK military and security spending by more than £130 billion per year from 2035.
The benefits of this will flow to the private shareholders of arms companies.
Watch our latest video 👇
The benefits of this will flow to the private shareholders of arms companies.
Watch our latest video 👇
January 15, 2026 at 10:28 AM
According to SIPRI, NATO’s five per cent target means increasing UK military and security spending by more than £130 billion per year from 2035.
The benefits of this will flow to the private shareholders of arms companies.
Watch our latest video 👇
The benefits of this will flow to the private shareholders of arms companies.
Watch our latest video 👇
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Europe has prioritised an arbitrary military spending target set by the US over climate investment.
This brought no leverage in the face of violations of international law but risks our collective safety amid the climate crisis.
Watch our video on Europe’s military industrial turn.
This brought no leverage in the face of violations of international law but risks our collective safety amid the climate crisis.
Watch our video on Europe’s military industrial turn.
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Europe has prioritised an arbitrary military spending target set by the US over climate investment.
This brought no leverage in the face of violations of international law but risks our collective safety amid the climate crisis.
Watch our video on Europe’s military industrial turn.
This brought no leverage in the face of violations of international law but risks our collective safety amid the climate crisis.
Watch our video on Europe’s military industrial turn.
🚨Common Wealth is hiring a Production Officer.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
🚨Common Wealth is hiring a Production Officer.
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“The public have rightly had enough. They want the water industry to be a functioning and affordable essential service.
Water could be restored to public ownership at minimal cost ”.
Mathew Lawrence in @BigIssue.
www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/thames-water-nationalised-debt-water-bills/
Water could be restored to public ownership at minimal cost ”.
Mathew Lawrence in @BigIssue.
www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/thames-water-nationalised-debt-water-bills/
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
“The public have rightly had enough. They want the water industry to be a functioning and affordable essential service.
Water could be restored to public ownership at minimal cost ”.
Mathew Lawrence in @BigIssue.
www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/thames-water-nationalised-debt-water-bills/
Water could be restored to public ownership at minimal cost ”.
Mathew Lawrence in @BigIssue.
www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/thames-water-nationalised-debt-water-bills/
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“Returning Venezuelan oil production to 1990s peak levels would result in five hundred million tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions... higher than the emissions of France, or the UK”.
New analysis from our Co-Director Patrick Bigger.
substack.com/@climatecomm...
New analysis from our Co-Director Patrick Bigger.
substack.com/@climatecomm...
Trump’s Illegal Invasion of Venezuela Forebodes an Environmental Disaster
Rebuilding Venezuelan oil production would produce new annual emissions higher than the carbon footprints of France, the UK, or Thailand
substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
“Returning Venezuelan oil production to 1990s peak levels would result in five hundred million tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions... higher than the emissions of France, or the UK”.
New analysis from our Co-Director Patrick Bigger.
substack.com/@climatecomm...
New analysis from our Co-Director Patrick Bigger.
substack.com/@climatecomm...
Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean.
Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago. We continue to live with their consequences.
🧵 Here’s how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago. We continue to live with their consequences.
🧵 Here’s how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Our new project visualises extractive capitalism in the Caribbean.
Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago. We continue to live with their consequences.
🧵 Here’s how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Slavery & colonialism aren’t things that happened far away & long ago. We continue to live with their consequences.
🧵 Here’s how empire shapes Barbados, Britain & the world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org