Why lowering the 50p rate may be progressive (next year)
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts This morning a letter from 20 economists in the Financial Times arguing that…
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Who’s afraid of community organising?
By Jon Wilson / @jonewilson I joined Labour because I was angry that friends and relatives were denied…
We shouldn’t cut taxes for the rich – we should raise them
By Owen Jones / @owenjones84 Today, we learned that right-wing economists don’t like progressive taxation. Not a bombshell,…
2012 and the Obama jobs reboot
Letter from America By Graham Copp / @graham_copp When President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress tomorrow…
A cakewalk for Cameron
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk No-one could argue that we have had a summer without political incident. Riots…
We need to seize the growth agenda – not give cover to Tory cuts
By Lee Brown Summer brought unrelenting bad economic news on nearly every front. Anaemic growth means the economy…
Scottish Labour: everyone’s problem
Freethinking with Rob Marchant I imagine that, in the run-up to his conference speech – and having had…
How to (re)achieve economic credibility
By Luke Bozier / @lukebozier Today the Labour Party has next to zero credibility on the economy. This…
Bombardier’s supply chain – the wider lessons
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters column Two month’s ago Canadian owned Bombardier announced 1,400 job losses at it’s…
More like this please
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Yesterday I said that the party needs to engage more directly with members…
