The Progressive Economy Forum is today publishing a detailed new guide to the economic programme of the Joe Biden administration. In less than six months since his inauguration as US President, Joe Biden’s administration has staked out a new agenda for US policymaking, breaking with the previous four decades of Republican and Democratic domestic economic […]
New PEF publication – guide to Joe Biden’s economic programme Read More »
PEF Council member Robert Skidelsky advocates federal job guarantees and ‘compensated free trade’ to avoid inflation in the Biden plan
The Biden plan would be improved by federal job guarantees and compensated free trade Read More »
The paper outlines the case for fiscal policy to regain a permanent status of primacy in modern macroeconomic management, beyond the pandemic emergency and makes the case for public job programmes
Reinstating fiscal policy for normal times Read More »
see films clips of authors introducing their chapters in PEF’s book , The Return of the State
The Return of the State – authors introduce their chapters Read More »
see film clips of PEF Council members explaining the purpose of PEF’s new book, The Return of the State
The Return of the State – Council members explain the purpose of the book Read More »
The OECD’s latest Economic Outlook offers a comparatively rosy picture for any recovery from covid as public health conditions continue to dominate the economy. With highly effective vaccines now rolling out across much of the developed world, and the US’ massive stimulus programme kicking in, the thinktank has revised its global growth forecast for the
OECD forecasts uneven recovery but massive global vaccination drive needed Read More »
Early reports suggest that the reopening of indoor hospitality in England has driven a hiring surge as employers try to meet the expected demand across the sector. Job search website Adzuna has reported a trebling in the advertised vacancies since March but the impact of unlocking – and a much-anticipated surge in consumer spending –
More vaccines, more vacancies, but trouble ahead Read More »
UK government figures out today show a 1.5% shrinking in the size of the economy in the first three months of the year – huge by pre-covid standards, but better than was widely expected, with rapid growth in March as schools reopened and some economic life resumed. That last month is likely to be a
A shrinking economy in the first quarter, but the summer sugar rush is coming Read More »
In the past few months, a global campaign has grown in favour of suspending the IP protection for Covid vaccines during the pandemic. Over 100 countries have joined the campaign, with a prominent role played by India. At the beginning of May, the Biden Administration backed it, reversing the Trump administration’s opposition. Sadly, the British government has been one of the few rigidly opposing the idea of a waiver.
Why we should support the vaccine waiver Read More »
We had an exceptional public health emergency to deal with and, like other national emergencies, such as the Second World War, we simply had to spend the money to deal with it. Just as we didn’t panic about repaying the debt as fast as possible after WW2, instead building the NHS and the welfare state, so today we shouldn’t be panicking about it, either
Why government debts and deficits aren’t the real economic worry Read More »
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