Politics is about people, about our different views and our understandings about people – about what motivates them, why they behave in the way they do, and what will most help or hinder them. In the spring of 2016 I published a short book titled: ‘A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier’ which […]
Let them eat growth? Read More »
In the runup to the publication of the new, third edition of his book ‘Inequality and the 1%’, Danny Dorling writes for the PEF blog on New Labour and the recent history of inequality in the UK.
New Labour, Inequality and the 1% Read More »
On 29 March, while Brexit monopolised public attention, the ONS released a large amount of data that serves as an indictment of the UK economy.
Twelve facts you may have missed as the UK missed its first Brexit deadline Read More »
Brexit represents the last gasp of the British empire. The men who have led it cannot accept that the colonial era, and the exploited wealth that came with it, is over.
Mis(Rule) Britannia: Brexit is the last gasp of empire Read More »
Today the ONS released its first estimates of GDP growth in April-June 2018. Here, the PEF Council react to the figures and tell us what they mean for the UK economy.
Latest GDP figures: the PEF Council reacts Read More »
When change truly happens it at first strikes seasoned commentators as a pipe-dream; then undesirable; then ‘just about possible’ once the clamour for change becomes overwhelming. Finally change happens and the memories of the commentators change with it.
What might a progressive economy look like? Read More »
