The Monetarist fantasy is over
Robert Skidelsky argues the ousting of Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid points toward a broader global shift in economic policy.
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Principals of Macroeconomics 5: Robinson and the Theory of Capital
Joan Robinson first defined the term “macroeconomics” that appears in the title of these five blogs.. If John Maynard Keynes was the “father” of modern macroeconomics, Robinson was clearly its “mother”.
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Can we afford a better society? Yes we can!
PEF’s Council Coordinator summarises the argument of his latest work, The Debt Delusion, confronting the household budget fallacy that has been used to rationalise a decade of needless austerity.
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Principals of Macroeconomics 4: The Keynesian Revolution
As part four in the series, PEF Council Coordinator John Weeks writes on John Maynard Keynes’ vital contribution to macroeconomics.
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How to value your time and not just your money
Guy Standing argues economic growth is a poor indicator of social progress, dependent on the exploitation of nature and the use of vast amounts of energy. Instead, Standing calls for a renewal of progress in the Enlightenment sense.
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Election Choice: Universalism & Public Provision or Means Testing & Price Rationing
The NHS represents the clearest and most radical example of collective provision, that citizens together could provide a public service more equitably, more efficiently and effectively than private provision. John Weeks argues this principle is essential to an open and inclusive democracy.
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Whatever the outcome of this election, we need to start thinking about where our society and economy are going
“Come the new year, we will have yet another new government, which will be faced – amongst other things – with the consequences of a decade’s worth of cuts to services that, one way or another, the majority of us rely on.”
The Fishing Industry: Lies, Codfathers and Brexit: Questions voters should ask
The crisis in the fishing industry has little to do with the Common Fisheries Policy, which the UK has done well from – instead the industry suffers from overfishing.
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Universal Credit – Moralistic social policy that destroys lives
Guy Standing, PEF Council member and Professorial Resarch Associate, SOAS, examines the parties’ policies on Universal Credit.
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Who’s Credible on Tax?
Richard Murphy, PEF Council member and member of the Green New Deal Group, weighs up the various party’s tax pledges in the General Election.
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