PEF at the Labour Party Conference 2018
Patrick Allen
September 25, 2018
PEF Parliamentary Launch
Patrick Allen
May 17, 2018
10 Years Since The Crash: Causes, Consequences and the Way Forward
Ann Pettifor
November 2, 2018
The Coronavirus Debt Crisis
Johnna Montgomerie
March 23, 2020
UK household debt hit an all-time high before the Coronavirus. Now it’s the next crisis the government has to tackle – and only a suspension of repayments will do.
How austerity is made: economic storytelling about debt
Johnna Montgomerie
April 8, 2019
To move away from debt-dependent growth and escape the ‘boom, bust, bailout, austerity’ cycle, we need to cultivate our powers of economic storytelling.
The UN is worried by UK austerity – so how do we end it?
Johnna Montgomerie
November 21, 2018
The UN has just issued a damning report on the UK’s policy failures over the past eight years, cataloguing and condemning the “unnecessary misery” inflicted by the policy.
The case for cancelling household debt
Johnna Montgomerie
September 23, 2018
A household debt cancellation fund would be endowed with the same amount offered to bail out the banks 10 years ago.
100 Policies to End Austerity
Johnna Montgomerie
September 10, 2018
Dr Johnna Montgomerie, Prof John Weeks and Ann Pettifor introduce PEF’s new project, 100 Policies to End Austerity.
Latest GDP figures: the PEF Council reacts
John Weeks
August 10, 2018
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.
The crisis of the debt economy and the end of austerity
Johnna Montgomerie
May 30, 2018
The following is a transcript of Dr. Johnna Montgomerie’s speech at the launch of the Progressive Economy Forum, in which she discusses the intimate link between ‘public’ and ‘private’ debt and its implications for the debate around austerity.
