Richard Murphy, one of the Green New Deal’s original co-authors, outlines how he would finance green transformation – and build a fair economy for all at the same time.
The Green New Deal: Building a secure future Read More »
The idea that a contraction in public spending could be more than replaced by private investment and enterprise – so-called “expansionary fiscal contraction” – is at best highly controversial.
What if Cameron’s austerity had been “harder and faster”? Read More »
Two articles on the same day on austerity by Financial Times journalists Chris Giles and Delphine Strauss demonstrate political orientation generating political bias.
Political bias and political orientation: Maintaining journalistic integrity Read More »
‘In my new book, Austerity, we step back from the emotional reactions on both sides of the debate; and we carry out a much more forensic analysis, following the evidence – and only coming to a conclusion when all of it has been carefully sifted and considered’.
Austerity – Demystifying a (still) poorly understood concept Read More »
Neoclassical economics has always relied on a positivist approach to economic issues, presenting economists as being non-ideological and free from bias. Yet ideology is embedded in economics departments all over the world.
Neoclassical economics and ideological bias Read More »
Of the nineteen UK governments since the Second World War, only two have torn up the rule book and tried to build a better future, instead of simply recycling the tired slogans and policies of the past. The two governments that did try radical change – not always successfully – were those of Clement Attlee
Rethinking Britain – How to build a better future Read More »
In the runup to the publication of the new, third edition of his book ‘Inequality and the 1%’, Danny Dorling writes for the PEF blog on New Labour and the recent history of inequality in the UK.
New Labour, Inequality and the 1% Read More »
What if we had a government prepared to implement the policies that could radically change 21st-century Britain and improve people’s lives? A new book from PEF and PRIME explores those policies.
Rethinking Britain: Policy Ideas for the Many Read More »
“The Office of National Statistics recently released the public debt numbers for the second quarter of this year. As I show in my forthcoming book, Debt Delusion, the media and politicians misrepresent few public policy issues as frequently as they do the public debt. The misrepresentations begin with the basics, failure to treat the debt as an asset as well as a liability.”
Persistent debt confusion Read More »
“The United Kingdom is an outlier amongst developed and emerging economies, especially the most successful ones, in not having a national development bank.”
The case for a National Investment Bank Read More »
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