Can Labour de-Commodify Higher Education? It has a Minor Problem
Guy Standing
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The Governor of the Bank of England, speaking at an IMF conference yesterday evening: Bank of England, as reported before breakfast this morning: In between time, the pound had done this: Modern central banking is mostly about the communications of modern central banking. Take former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s declaration that he would
What is the Bank of England playing at? Read More »
The Financial Times front page this morning splashes on reports that China is dropping its studied neutrality over the Russian invasion of Ukraine: China signalled it was ready to play a role in finding a ceasefire in Ukraine as it “deplored” the outbreak of conflict in its strongest comments yet on the war. Beijing said
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The Bank of England’s new chief economist, Huw Pill, gave his first interview in the job to the Financial Times a few days ago. It will do little to confirm the fears of those of us think, at the worst possible moment, the Bank is about to lurch into a round of interest rate rises
New Bank of England chief economist interviewed, and it’s not good Read More »
Quantitative easing risks generating its own boom-and-bust cycles, and can thus be seen as an example of state-created financial instability. Governments must abandon the fiction that central banks create money independently from government, and must themselves spend the money created at their behest.
Where Has All the Money Gone? 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 »
“After decades of assault by state-shrinking ideologues, a collision of crises has revealed how only the power of good government can save us. Covid, climate catastrophe and Brexit crashed in on a public realm stripped bare by a decade of extreme austerity. Here all the best writers and thinkers on the good society show recovery is possible, with a radical rethink of all the old errors. Read this, and feel hope that things can change. ”
Polly Toynbee
PEF publishes blue print for the post-covid economy on 29th April 2021 Read More »
Far from a problem, moderate rates of price increase signal a healthy, expanding economy.
Coronavirus Borrowing and What Causes Inflation Read More »
To avert permanent economic damage during the worst slump for 300 years, the government has to provide emergency credit to business, guarantee loans, offer grants, defer tax and rate payments and directly pay the wages of furloughed workers
A Financial Revolution is Needed – in Weeks Read More »