The Progressive Economy Forum

Why we should support the vaccine waiver

In the past few months, a global campaign has grown in favour of suspending the IP protection for Covid vaccines during the pandemic. Over 100 countries have joined the campaign, with a prominent role played by India. At the beginning of May, the Biden Administration backed it, reversing the Trump administration’s opposition. Sadly, the British government has been one of the few rigidly opposing the idea of a waiver.

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Collapsed European Super League typifies today’s Rentier Capitalism

— / Guy Standing

No economist should have been remotely surprised by the announcement of the European Super League. Its ignominious collapse could mark the beginning of a long-needed onslaught on the economic model on which it was based.

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Will the Biden Bounce be a Blip or a New Deal?

— / Guy Standing

Will the election of Jo Biden lead into a new progressive era? This is a question being asked all over the world.
The precariat should lead the revolt to strengthen the backbones of those in positions to develop transformative alternatives. Otherwise the Biden Bounce will be a Blip.

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John Weeks – Obituaries and Tributes

— / Stephany Griffith-Jones

” John Weeks was a rigorous and progressive academic economist, committed to good economic policy and political action; at the same time he was a very kind, supportive and loyal colleague and friend”

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Labour must oppose the Government’s Regressive Policies

— / Guy Standing

The coronavirus pandemic has worsened inequalities and the measures taken by government, with tacit or explicit support of Labour and the TUC, have increased inequalities further.

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Massive Attack support Basic Income

— / Guy Standing

PEF council member Guy Standing and the award winning band Massive Attack have combined to create a video supporting Universal Basic Income. Progressive economics set to music !

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The Job Retention Scheme makes no sense, Basic Income does

— / Guy Standing

Guy Standing writes for the PEF blog, arguing that the government’s Job Retention Scheme is a poor and inegalitarian alternative to a basic income.

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How to value your time and not just your money

— / Guy Standing

Guy Standing argues economic growth is a poor indicator of social progress, dependent on the exploitation of nature and the use of vast amounts of energy. Instead, Standing calls for a renewal of progress in the Enlightenment sense.

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