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Doing so will come at a huge human and planetary cost. In this week’s news the train crash economics of neoliberalism continues to thunder on. The government, still ensconced in …
Let’s not let the debt doomsters rule the roost! Read MoreIf we value a better future for all, the secret will lie in asking them what sort of world they want to live in and using their talents to create …
We ignore the fate of our young people at our peril. Read MorePhilip Armstrong Nick Potts Solent University, Southampton, UK Published online 13th August 2020 Full article Abstract In these extraordinary times it might just be that heterodox …
Time For Informed Change. Post Covid-19 Economics Read MoreAccording to the Office for Budget Responsibility, whose fiscal sustainability report was published last month, the news is bad. In its Executive Summary, it noted that the UK was on …
“Whatever great meaningful and impactful work we are doing now is only the beginning, let’s keep moving forward for a better tomorrow.” – George Stamatis Read MoreThree common neoliberal threads run through this week’s news: How will the enormous sums of money borrowed by the government to hold up the Covid-19 ailing economy be paid for? …
What sort of future do you want for yourself and your children? If it’s not more of the same, then it’s time for some radical thinking. Read MoreThis week the Learning and Work Institute published its July briefing on employment. Stephen Evans, its chief executive, made it clear that there were signs of an employment crisis ahead …
“Either you guarantee employment, or you guarantee there will be unemployment.” – Pavlina Tcherneva Read More“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping the old ones.” ― John Maynard Keynes When the world is facing one of the worst public health …
We need a government that dares to think big and be more ambitious in its strategy to set our economy on a more sustainable and equitable pathway. Read MoreFrom Boris Johnson’s earlier reincarnation as Churchill in the pre-Brexit era, he has now been reborn as FDR, or at least likes to think so. According to the Conservative website, …
‘In these difficult days [we] must and shall choose the path of social justice … the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.’ Franklin D Roosevelt. Read MoreIn this post, originally published on Medium, Michael Berks discusses NHS funding. I’m sure you’ve all seen the story of 100-year old Captain Tom Moore, who, by walking 100 laps …
We need to talk about Tommy…the NHS: charity, taxes and MMT Read More“There’s something invigorating about people freaking out about modern monetary theory (MMT). They treat MMT as akin to the Ark of the Covenant in the first Indiana Jones movie. They …
‘What if the Public (really) Understood How Money Works?’ Just think what we could achieve! Read More