The Progressive Economy Forum was founded in May 2018 and brings together a Council of eminent economists and academics to develop a new macroeconomic programme for the UK.
The dominant economic ideology, neoliberalism, has served to entrench inequalities, undermine public service provision, and accelerate the pace of environmental breakdown. The 2007-08 financial crisis should have been a watershed moment; instead, the same ideology prevailed unchanged, blighting our recovery and leaving us unprepared for the challenges of the 21st century.
The Forum seeks to:
- Advance macroeconomic policies that address the modern challenges of environmental breakdown, economic insecurity, social and economic inequalities, and technological change.
- Encourage the implementation of these policies by working with progressive policymakers and improving public understanding of economics.
To these ends, we publish research and policy proposals, run a wide variety of events, and manage a blog featuring authoritative analysis from progressive economists and academics.
The Forum was founded by Patrick Allen who is Chair of the Council. The Forum is not aligned to any political party.
The Forum opposes austerity and the current ideology and narrative of neoliberalism, campaigns to bring austerity to an end and ensure that austerity is never used again as an instrument of economic policy.
The Forum is funded by Patrick Allen with recent grants from the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust and the Alex Ferry Foundation.