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Budget 2018: Progressive Perspectives

Post Author
  • Chair and Founder of PEF

  • PEF Council Coordinator 2018 - 2020

  • Political economist, author and public speaker.

  • Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Open University

  • Crossbench peer and Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University

  • Professor of Practice in International Political Economy at City University, London

  • Programe Lead at the Economic Change Unit

A short podcast series exploring what progressive approaches to the Budget would look like.

Since the introduction of austerity in 2010, the focus of each Budget has been on reducing the deficit and debt – much to the detriment of the wider economy. Despite promises to “end austerity”, the Conservatives remain wedded to this ideological approach. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

This podcast series, hosted by Michael Davies, explores a number of different progressive perspectives on the Budget. Each episode is an interview with one of our PEF Council members on their area of expertise, and offers an alternative lens through which we can understand and analyse the Budget and wider economic policy making:

Together, they show how a progressive government ought to approach the Budget upon election. Listen now on our Soundcloud page.

Photo credit: Flickr / James Stringer.

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