{"id":5948,"date":"2018-10-29T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2019-06-18T14:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:56:20","slug":"budget-2018-progressive-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/blog\/budget-2018-progressive-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2018: Progressive Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A short podcast series exploring what progressive approaches to the Budget would look like.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/633075672&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the introduction of austerity in 2010, the focus of each Budget has been on reducing the deficit and debt &#8211; much to the detriment of the wider economy. Despite promises to \u201cend austerity\u201d, the Conservatives remain wedded to this ideological approach. But it doesn&#8217;t have to be this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This podcast series, hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/author\/michael-davies\/\">Michael Davies<\/a>, explores a number of different progressive perspectives on the Budget. Each episode is an interview with one of our PEF Council members on their area of expertise, and offers an alternative lens through which we can understand and analyse the Budget and wider economic policy making:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Unpacking &#8216;deficit fetishism&#8217;<em>,<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>with <a href=\"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/author\/prof-john-weeks\/\">John Weeks<\/a><\/li><li><strong>&#8220;Where will the money come from?&#8221;<\/strong>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/author\/ann-pettifor\/\">Ann Pettifor<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Gender and the Budget<\/strong>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/author\/prof-susan-himmelweit\/\">Susan Himmelweit<\/a><\/li><li><strong>A Keynesian perspective on the Budget<\/strong>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/author\/lord-skidelsky\/\">Robert Skidelsky<\/a><\/li><li><strong>How to fix the tax system<\/strong>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/progressiveeconomyforum.com\/development\/author\/prof-richard-murphy\/\">Richard Murphy<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, they show how a progressive government ought to approach the Budget upon election. <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/pef_online\/sets\/budget-2018-progressive\">Listen now on our Soundcloud page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jamesstringer\/2818778912\/in\/photolist-5i5YLq-aLcM6F-5i5Ztu-sCqwd-9LioPt-7viGhS-5i21QT-RFGXv6-5nUVqo-j2vbaV-6T9t-6nTTSQ-rrGNjC-dDRxoX-3qyTKX-g2pUBs-zHTq6-fxrRWw-nHPsk-51ooTn-9N2XN6-egFEiY-9N4sor-51oo32-exxYAc-6NNA1T-9Poqhb-7TdxQS-rhSGPb-6NP7ne-6APqJX-5nYb2q-mEUzv-9Lippr-DdREM-aW6M7D-CJoZb-i48xrd-5nUVRq-fCgLW9-h1knQd-eYLMGD-dvbjK-dyWEyx-6AU6no-685ySt-6XZy1L-aAbvQr-6NSKQm-6NSLkm\/\">Flickr \/ James Stringer<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the introduction of austerity, the focus of each Budget has been on reducing the deficit and debt &#8211; to the detriment of the wider economy. 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