Full employment: an unattainable ‘holy grail?’
By Peter Barnard In 1951, unemployment stood at just 188,000, representing just 0.8 per cent of the population…
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Labour: back to basics
By Peter Barnard Thirty years ago, I was introduced to Abraham Maslow’s ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ and it has…
Labour needs to cast its mind back to what ‘core values’ really mean
By Peter Barnard During the Second World War, Lord Beveridge produced his famous report which, I hope, will…
Was Adam Smith a socialist?
By Peter Barnard About fifteen years ago, on holiday in the United States, I bought Adam Smith’s ‘An…
Labour needs to make a bold statement on the state retirement pension
By Peter Barnard Pensions have been in the news for a good few years now, usually beginning with…
