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 […]
Globalisation of trade versus globalisation of finance
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 […]
Austerity and the mere problem of causality
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 […]
Economics is not enough
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 […]
Secular Stagnation – A Missing Link
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 […]
László Andor’s Davos Diary
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 […]
When populism fails, tragedy prevails
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 […]
How different does it have to get before we start changing the way we think about it?
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, […]
Tackling the global risks of inequality: the evidence case for higher public investment
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 […]
Davos must replace ‘capitalism unleashed’ with sustainability to tackle inequality
Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics As part of the blog takeover on the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Jonathan Michie outlines the failures of the ‘capitalism unleashed’ era. Jonathan in his role as Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange at the University of Oxford has looked into […]