A short podcast series exploring what progressive approaches to the Budget would look like.
Since the introduction of austerity in 2010, the focus of each Budget has been on reducing the deficit and debt – much to the detriment of the wider economy. Despite promises to “end austerity”, the Conservatives remain wedded to this ideological approach. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
This podcast series, hosted by Michael Davies, explores a number of different progressive perspectives on the Budget. Each episode is an interview with one of our PEF Council members on their area of expertise, and offers an alternative lens through which we can understand and analyse the Budget and wider economic policy making:
- Unpacking ‘deficit fetishism’, with John Weeks
- “Where will the money come from?”, with Ann Pettifor
- Gender and the Budget, with Susan Himmelweit
- A Keynesian perspective on the Budget, with Robert Skidelsky
- How to fix the tax system, with Richard Murphy
Together, they show how a progressive government ought to approach the Budget upon election. Listen now on our Soundcloud page.
Photo credit: Flickr / James Stringer.
