July 2020 – The Progressive Economy Forum

Labour must oppose the Government’s Regressive Policies

Guy Standing July 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has worsened inequalities and the measures taken by government, with tacit or explicit support of Labour and the TUC, have increased inequalities further.

Massive Attack support Basic Income

Guy Standing July 15, 2020

PEF council member Guy Standing and the award winning band Massive Attack have combined to create a video supporting Universal Basic Income. Progressive economics set to music !

Summer Statement: Why Rishi Sunak is skating on thin ice

Robert Skidelsky July 10, 2020

The government’s ineptness in handling the health crisis will thus impact both the supply and the demand sides of the economy.

Johnson’s Economic Recovery Plan – Not much of a “New Deal”

Sue Konzelmann July 10, 2020

Sue Konzelmann writes on Boris Johnson’s Economic Recovery Plan. Focusing almost exclusively on the usual sectors – property, construction and finance – it’s likely to make an already unbalanced economy even more lopsided.

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Month: July 2020

Labour must oppose the Government’s Regressive Policies

Massive Attack support Basic Income

Summer Statement: Why Rishi Sunak is skating on thin ice

Johnson’s Economic Recovery Plan – Not much of a “New Deal”