{"id":2887,"date":"2018-10-09T16:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/?post_type=event&p=2887"},"modified":"2019-06-20T11:10:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T11:10:22","slug":"change-britain-stop-brexit","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/events\/change-britain-stop-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Britain, Stop Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The panel, L to R: Will Hutton, PEF Chair Patrick Allen, SOAS Professor Jan Toporowksi and PEF Council member Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones
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On 9 October 2018, political economist and PEF Council member\u00a0Will Hutton<\/a>\u00a0gave a fiery address on Brexit, austerity and the reforms needed to break away from Britain\u2019s \u201cinsupportable\u201d status quo in SOAS\u2019s Brunei Lecture Theatre as the second installment in PEF\u2019s public lecture series, following\u00a0Lord Skidelsky\u2019s lecture<\/a>\u00a0on the lessons Keynes can offer today\u2019s Left.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, Will outlined in detail the deep economic and social divisions that provided the backdrop to the Brexit referendum, and laid out an ambitious programme of major institutional reform that would work to redress these. Building on the themes in his most recent work, Saving Britain<\/em><\/a>, he argued that the problems with British capitalism were firmly minted at home, not in Brussels, and that the UK would be best poised to make necessary reforms if it remained a member of the EU. (A full transcript of the lecture can be found here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will was joined on the panel by Patrick Allen, Stephany Griffith-Jones and Jan Toporowski<\/a>.\u00a0PEF Chair Patrick Allen<\/a>\u00a0delivered the opening address, in which he discussed the research on links between austerity and Brexit. In her comment on Will\u2019s speech, PEF Council member\u00a0Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones<\/a>\u00a0(Columbia University and University of Sussex) argued that \u201cBrexit is a right-wing project to finalise the Thatcherite revolution\u201d and that the public investment programme Britain sorely needs would be most easily implemented were Britain to stay in the EU. Professor Jan Toporowski (SOAS) developed the idea of definancialising the UK economy as part of a programme of reform in his comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lecture and panel discussion was followed by a lively Q&A, covering issues as diverse as how to reform the welfare system, gender and political reform post-Brexit and the question of a \u201cBritish\u201d identity. The evening then concluded with a drinks reception in the Brunei Building. All photos of the event can be found on our Flickr page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will be hosting more public lectures by our\u00a0Council members<\/a>\u00a0in the coming months. To keep up to date on these and our other areas of work, please follow us on Twitter\u00a0(@pef_online<\/a>) and sign up to\u00a0our mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banner photo credit: Flickr \/ Giles Turnbull<\/a><\/em>. You can find a full album of photos on our Flickr page here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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