Aditya Chakrabortty: The problem is not capitalism. It’s that the Tories aren’t much cop at it

When she was told yesterday that some Universal Credit victims were being driven into prostitution, Esther McVey replied: Tell these ladies that now we’ve got record job vacancies – 830,000 and perhaps there are other […]

Wren -Lewis looks at the economic effects of a permament Job Guarantee policy. Read here  

Italian austerity has left the nation in economic doldrums. None of this has been helped by the austerity dogma that has dominated Europe for almost a decade. It is not only Italy, but also Spain […]