Economics
Charles Adams – The measurement problem in political economy: a solution
It is accepted that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not fit for purpose, especially in this age of climate change. Charles Adams proposes an alternative. Charles Adams is professor of physics at Durham University in […]
Johnna Montgomerie – Tackling Britain’s private debt crisis
As of July 2017, the Bank of England measured the stock of private debt held by individuals at £1.548 trillion; making household sector indebtedness one of the biggest problems facing the United Kingdom’s economy and […]
Renegade Inc – Kate Raworth: Doughnut Economics
This week on Renegade Inc, we were joined by economist and author, Kate Raworth to discuss how we got here and to change the discipline of economics for the better. To watch click here
The Divide – A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions by Jason Hickel
Book review by Mathew D. Rose The subtitle of Jason Hickel’s book “The Divide” is something of an understatement. The book is neither brief, nor is it a guide. Instead Hickel has written a brilliant […]
Chris Dillow: HOW TO DEFEND CAPITALISM
“Capitalism hasn’t come into doubt because people woke up stupid one morning. It’s in question because it has stopped delivering the goods.” Read here
John Rapley – Getting Used to Terror
I posted this article two years ago, in the wake of a coordinated series of terrorist attacks in Paris. Re-reading it after yesterday’s attack in New York, it seems as relevant to me now as […]
Michael Jacobs – Time for a paradigm shift?
The report of Institute for Public Policy Research makes the explicit case that the 2008 financial crisis and the failure of economic policy in the decade since marks an economic paradigm shift moment – of breakdown […]
Leslie Huckfield – Procurement & the Third Sector
UK outsourcing or external procurement is huge and significant. “Just Another Paperclip,” a Report for the Business Services Association (the private outsourcers’ group) shows that “in 2014-15, UK government spent £242bn – almost one-third of […]
Simon Wren-Lewis: A short guide to why we should not raise UK interest rates
Everyone expects the MPC to raise rates on Thursday. This would be a mistake. Discussion about interest rate changes in the press normally involve large amounts of data and charts about the state of the […]