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By Andy Westwood Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:
The cornerstone of Theresa May’s economic vision for the country, the government’s Industrial Strategy was launched this week. Policy@manchester Co-Director Professor Andy Westwood assesses the size of the challenge, the scale of the strategy’s commitments, and places the strategy in the historical context of recent government efforts to achieve the same ends. Industrial Strategy […]
By Ben Pringle Filed Under: All posts Posted:
400 sessions, 4 days and over 2500 leaders and thinkers, from Shakira to Theresa May; as Davos 2017 comes to a close, the questions facing world leaders continue to grow. Brexit and Trump have paved the way for an economic policy that follows an anti-globalisation rhetoric however the World Economic Forum in Davos aimed to […]
By Geoff Tily Filed Under: All posts Posted:
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics Geoff Tily’s contribution about the contrasts of trade and finance globalisation demonstrate his knowledge on the misconceptions of Keynesian economics, for which his work on is highly regarded. Here, in the final Davos Takeover series, Geoff looks back at economic policy over the years […]
By Paul Middleditch Filed Under: All posts Posted:
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics The scene that will greet business leaders and politicians at Davos this week is one of continuing government austerity across much of Europe and other parts of the world. Professor Paul Middleditch explains how the austerity agenda moved from the pages of economic theory […]
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics Andy Ross is someone who I admire due to, not only his work within the Government Economic Service & the HM Treasury, but also because of the economic insight he provides. His blog here is extremely important, focusing on simply economics and ignoring other factors […]
By Jo Michell Filed Under: All posts Posted:
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics As part of Post-Crash Economics Society’s blog takeover during Davos week, Dr Jo Michell explores the history of the ‘Secular Stagnation’ theory, what it means and its implications for President-elect Trump’s macroeconomic plans. Jo’s blog looks into the history of economic thought, something which is […]
By László Andor Filed Under: All posts Posted:
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics László Andor, is a Hungarian economist and former European Commissioner for employment, social affairs and inclusion. Having visited Davos three times in recent years, he gives us his take on what actually goes on up in the Swiss mountains – far from the rich […]
By Frances Coppola Filed Under: All posts Posted:
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics As part of this week’s Davos Blog Takeover, Frances Coppola reflects on the explosion of populist politics across the western word. Frances has been a supporter of the movement to reform economics and provides a valuable insight into the financial sector. However, her work […]
By Alan Kirman Filed Under: All posts Posted:
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics The 2008 crash clearly demonstrated the failures of a (neo)liberal economic model that claimed to have solved ‘boom and bust’ cycles of growth and recession and found the tools to prevent the onset of longer-term economic depressions. In the wake of this generation-defining failure, […]
By Özlem Onaran Filed Under: All posts Posted:
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics The Davos Blog-Takeover continues with this piece from Professor Ozlem Onaran, Director of the Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre. I wanted to publish a blog from Özlem as her work into inequality and globalisation is becoming more and more relevant in the current economic […]
