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The Conservative government looks set to announce that it will be introducing a rise in National Insurance Contributions of up to 1.25 percent on Tuesday this week. The intention is
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.
The government’s ineptness in handling the health crisis will thus impact both the supply and the demand sides of the economy.
Far from a problem, moderate rates of price increase signal a healthy, expanding economy.
Preventing speculation and complementing fiscal policy provide strong motivations for monetization.
The United Kingdom has made its first step toward ending the rhetoric of fiscal austerity, yet reactions to the budget on 11th March demonstrate how engrained the austerity ideology is in the media.
On Wednesday 27th November, PEF will host a workshop examining the economic policies in parties’ manifestos and the costings. The workshop will offer measured economic analysis by experts on specific policy areas.
Two articles on the same day on austerity by Financial Times journalists Chris Giles and Delphine Strauss demonstrate political orientation generating political bias.
Scratch below the surface and recent unemployment statistics appear to be less favourable than you might have heard.
Avoiding real wage falls for a grand total of nine months – outside of recession time, no less – is not cause for celebration.
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