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Published on January 13, 2022

PEF Provocation – Market versus planning

The Progressive Economy Forum put together a panel for The World Transformed festival, held in Brighton in September 2021, to discuss ‘bold new proposals and policies’ that the left should be making in these unprecedented times and how can we win them here in Britain. Carolina Alves’ talk, published here, makes the case for a thorough rejection of market-centred economic theory and practice in favour of public investment and planning.

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A Progressive Plan for Care

Susan Himmelweit October 21, 2021

The pandemic has exposed how dependent on care we are not only as individuals, but as a society. But our care system, already struggling well before the outbreak of the

Bidenomics: the economic strategy of the Joe Biden administration

James Meadway July 5, 2021

In less than six months since his inauguration as US President, Joe Biden’s administration has staked out a new agenda for US policymaking, breaking with the previous four decades of

Comments on the government’s new economic direction and a job guarantee

Robert Skidelsky January 21, 2020

The following is a transcript of PEF Council member Lord Skidelsky’s speech in the House of Lords on 9th January 2020 commenting on the economic direction of the United Kingdom’s Conservative government and the case for introducing a public sector job guarantee as an automatic stabiliser.

2019 General Election: Analysis of Party Manifesto Pledges

Patrick Allen December 4, 2019

In this report, PEF has called upon its Council Members to express their views on key policy areas for the 2019 General Election. In arguably the most important election contest in decades the choices before the electorate are stark and could shape the direction of the country for years to come.