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alternative economics

July 9, 2015

Budget: so what's the alternative?

Inevitably budgets produce criticism, and just as inevitably the cry "what would you do?" or "what's the alternative?" Our good friend and stalwart Tax Research policy analyst and change-agent Rich
February 12, 2015

Household debt to grow three times faster than wages

New research shows that official UK growth forecasts are dependent on household debt growing three times faster than pay.
February 3, 2015

Debt relief for Greece makes economic and moral sense

Ekklesia, the politics and beliefs thinktank, has joined senior religious leaders in calling for a positive debt deal for Greece and an alternative, moral approach to the economic crises brought about by debt-deflationary policies and austerity.
February 3, 2015

Media assumptions about austerity: Varoufakis on 'Newsnight'

Greece's new finance minister, Dr Yanis Varoufakis, has made quite an impact during the first few days of the Syriza administration, as he tours both the television studios and (more importantly) the European finance ministers to seek a different approach to the Eurozone crisis.
January 20, 2015

Public discussion: Inequality and taxation in a globalised world

The Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics at the London School of Economics is holding a public conversation on Tuesday 20 January 2015 (6.30-8pm) at the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, on 'Inequality and Taxation in a Globalised World'.
January 2, 2015

Compelling refutations of the austerity narrative

PRIME (Policy Research in Macroeconomics) have published an online booklet which really ought to be required reading in an election year, both by politicians and by prospective voters.
December 5, 2014

Economy of Life: An invitation to theological reflection and action
December 3, 2014

Autumn statement: discernment in an economic hall of mirrors

Despite some truly grim economic statistics, Chancellor George Osborne will attempt to deflect criticism for the failings of austerity economics in his Autumn Statement today, blaming the world economy and the last government.
September 30, 2014

The austerity cliff and how to avoid it

In 2008, the banks collapsed, and everything changed. The then Labour government, anxious to avoid economic meltdown paid billions to bail them out whilst starting on a programme of public sector cuts that would only increase under the Coalition.
March 24, 2014

Disabled people and mutual caring can revolutionise our economy

In a landmark lecture at Swansea University this week, a leading Welsh historian and theologian will argue that our thinking about welfare and economics needs to be turned upside down through engagement with disabled people and carers.