Public debt is not a burden; it is an asset
John Weeks
September 23, 2018
The public debt is the Rodney Dangerfield of government finances. It is a long term benefit treated as perennial problem.
Archive
Month: September 2018
Council Members
- Patrick Allen
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- Daniela Gabor
- Michael Jacobs
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The UK needs a National Investment Bank
Stephany Griffith-Jones
September 23, 2018
The purpose of the national investment bank would be to increase lending and investing in sectors that are key for the country’s structural transformation.
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.
Active fiscal policy is key to building a fair and stable economy
John Weeks
September 23, 2018
Instead of the dysfunctional, budget balancing obsession, the Chancellor should do the opposite – use fiscal policy to minimise the instability of the economy.
Basic income: a progressive road out of austerity
Guy Standing
September 19, 2018
If we accept private inherited wealth – ‘something for nothing’ – then we should accept the principle of ‘social dividends’ on inherited public wealth, created by many past generations.
Universal Basic Services: ending austerity forever
Andrew Percy
September 11, 2018
We already have a National Health Service and free public education – what if we extended the same ethos to housing, transport, information access and food?
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.
On “the policy” and the Governor of the Bank of England
Ann Pettifor
September 5, 2018
Does it matter if Mark Carney stays or goes? Ann Pettifor writes on central banker groupthink around financial globalisation.
