Tag: economy
Debt myths
Dennis Leech says Labour has to ditch the pursuit of balanced budgets or become irrelevant
For a caring economy
Hana Abid reports on an innovative prospectus for a gender-equal economy rejecting a focus on growth
The myth of the money markets
As the pandemic underlines the failure of neoliberalism, Richard Murphy argues the left should embrace Modern Monetary Theory and an alternative debt-financed New Deal
Government deepens divisions
Paul Nowak outlines a green trade union response to the threat of mass unemployment
The road to an equitable and sustainable economy
Dexter Whitfield exposes the perils of privatisation underlined by the Covid-19 pandemic
For an economic and a green revolution
Nigel Doggett and Mike Davis spoke to Ann Pettifor about why a Green New Deal is central to our recovery
No return to free market mayhem
Coronavirus has seen us experience wartime levels of state intervention. Duncan Bowie says this new normal must be a signal for a different society
Thanks for the cash Rishi – now can we have an economy?
Don Flynn sees a form of state capitalism emerging requiring robust democratic responses
Towards a just economy: no return to the 1930s
In the face of massive recession, Bryn Jones argues that a narrative for a just economy must be the new direction in a post-Covid future
Channel the spirit of 1945
Frances O’Grady sets out the case for a National Recovery Council and a new deal - but will the Tories listen?
Paying for the pandemic – war lessons for Labour
Dennis Leech argues that when it comes to paying for the pandemic, Labour should learn the lessons of the two world wars: austerity is not sound economics for recovery