Guy Standing argues for the revival of the commons of the sea. Current policies result in over fishing , pollution and ongoing privatisation of rights that we currently own in common.
He calls for the end of auctions by Crown Estate of billions of square miles of sea bed to multi-national companies.
Labour must Revive the Blue Commons Read More »
PEF Council member Prof. Stephany Griffiths-Jones is a member of Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s group of economic advisors. With Boric winning a resounding victory in the Chilean Presidential elections, we reproduce here a translation of Stephany’s recent interview for CTIX magazine Chile. Conducted before the second round of the election, Stephany discusses the left’s economic
“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 »
We need a public sector led National Care Service nationally funded, but locally delivered, operating with decent working conditions alongside the NHS providing support for all who need it free at the point of use.
Did social care save the NHS? Read More »
Given that we have no ethically accepted principle of choosing between who is to live and who to die, we should take exceptional pains to ensure that we do not face acute shortages of life-preserving equipment.
COVID-19 and THE NOAH’S ARK PROBLEM Read More »
Guy Standing, PEF Council member and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, writes for the PEF blog on the ongoing privatisation of the National Health Service – with private contracts having now risen to £9 billion a year.
The National Health Service – Privatisation in prospect? Read More »
Of the nineteen UK governments since the Second World War, only two have torn up the rule book and tried to build a better future, instead of simply recycling the tired slogans and policies of the past. The two governments that did try radical change – not always successfully – were those of Clement Attlee
Rethinking Britain – How to build a better future Read More »
Labour’s policy for buses is a key part of reversing the impact of neoliberalism on transport since the 1980s.
Buses are about redistribution, productivity and a greener future Read More »
The author of The New Enclosure writes on the case to end the privatisation of public land for PEF’s 100 Policies to End Austerity series.
Stop councils selling off public land Read More »
