As you’re aware, at the Renegade Economist we feel there’s a great deal wrong with both the discipline of economics and the kind of economy we’ve ended up with. Much of this can be attributed to the continuing failures in the academic realm so when a book drops onto the doormat with the straightforward title “What went wrong with Economics” we take a particular interest. And on this occasion, our interest was more than justified.

Are opportunities available to everyone in today's society?

Has Britain Lost its Soul?

Satish Kumar talks to us about the Human Condition - is it as simple as cultivating a good garden?

A lot of us have been feeling the pinch living here in the UK, and this study does not go anywhere to help us believe that "things are going to get better" anytime soon.  Share with us your experiences - are they different to what the league table reports?  ps - the Top 3 countries are France, Spain and Denmark

The week the team are in Karachi, Pakistan.  Ross Ashcroft stops off to speak to the truck artists and finds out the secrets behind the paintings, words and sparkles of Pakistan's most colourful mode of transport.

This article from the SMH illustrates the current rise of the bull market in dissent. Now we just need to keep harnessing the people power... 

Hell hath no fury like a mummy blogger scorned - a lesson quickly learnt by Nestle this week after its attempt to buy bloggers' affections backfired spectacularly.

Food for thought from an article by Damon Young, an Australian philosopher.  "Buying a home isn't necessarily touched by reverie - it's matter-of-fact, dull and sometimes brutal. Is this as good as our dreams get? Is this what we must settle for?"