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.
Archive
Year: 2018
Council Members
- Patrick Allen
- Ann Pettifor
- Johnna Montgomerie
- Stephany Griffith-Jones
- Robert Skidelsky
- Josh Ryan-Collins
- Stewart Lansley
- Danny Dorling
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- Kate Pickett
- Jan Toporowski
- Ha-Joon Chang
- Sue Konzelmann
- Guy Standing
- Susan Himmelweit
- Geoff Tily
- Natalya Naqvi
- Carolina Alves
- Will Hutton
- Faiza Shaheen
- Daniela Gabor
- Michael Jacobs
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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.
The trivialisation of fiscal policy
John Weeks
August 22, 2018
This week, the government and press celebrate a ‘record budget surplus’ – revealing a dire misunderstanding of the aims and workings of fiscal policy.
The trivialisation of monetary policy
John Weeks
August 20, 2018
“The periodic interest rate announcements so avidly reported by the media obscure and may even undermine the serious work that the Bank of England should be doing.”
Falls in under-50s employment, hours worked and real wages: what does this mean?
John Weeks
August 15, 2018
The Financial Times reported positively on August’s employment statistics – but a deeper look into the data reveals some strange trends.
Underemployment, underinvestment and power: why wage growth has slowed
Michael Davies
August 14, 2018
Despite record rates of unemployment, wage growth has slowed and underemployment remains high – workers are ultimately bearing the cost of labour market power imbalances and underinvestment.
