Austerity
Ann Pettifor: A triumph for George Osborne’s austerity plan? Not when our social fabric is in tatters
The ex-chancellor rejoices as his target is finally hit, but austerity has taken a terrible toll Read here
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Economics
Ann Pettifor – Do tax revenues finance government spending?
No. There are a number of misconceptions of how state finances function. In this piece Ann Pettifor adresses one of these: why taxes are not used for spending. Ann Pettifor – Economist, director of Policy […]
Deregulation
Ann Pettifor – The financialisation of the housing market
Sky.rocketing house prices have nothing to do with a shortage of housing. It is the result of speculation. To make matters worse, property has become financialised, thus converting it from a place to live and […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor: Why building more homes will not solve Britain’s housing crisis
There is no shortage of housing in Britain. There is however speculation, which is driving prices up, resulting in empty housing. Read here
Finance
Ann Pettifor: Those who helped break the economy cannot fix it
Pettifor doubts that the Bank of England had any good reasons to increase interest rates – other than to serve the financial interests in the City of London. Ann Pettifor is an Economist, director of […]
Finance
Ann Pettifor – The Production of Money: How to Break the Power of the Bankers
Book Review by David Shirreff Ann Pettifor has good credentials: she was one of the few economists to spot the coming credit bubble in the developed world before 2007. Most colleagues had thought the financial […]