by Andrew Simms | Sep 14, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Something is killing conventional economics and it’s probably an inside job. Reliance on abstract mathematics and absurd assumptions has brought the discipline into disrepute, even if politics and policy are still guided by the ghosts of its teaching. Nobody was...
by Ann Pettifor | Aug 21, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Published on 17th September 2019, by Verso, Green New Deal Group member Ann Pettifor’s book, The Case for the Green New Deal, explains what the Green New Deal is and, most importantly, shows how we can pay for it. Critics have claimed that the Green New Deal is...
by Colin Hines | Jul 19, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Writing for Brave New Europe Colin Hines explores ideas for kick-starting a Green New Deal where it is needed most. When it became evident that Brexit day would be shifted from April Fools Day to Halloween, the Brexit fog lifted just long enough to allow David...
by Ann Pettifor | Jun 11, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Writing for the Progressive Economy Forum, Ann Pettifor argues that if we are to survive earth systems breakdown, we must begin by transforming the Treasury and removing the politicians that threaten the futures of today’s younger generations It took a child, Greta...
by Colin Hines | May 14, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
This letter was published in the Guardian on 14 May 2019: Your editorial (13 May) correctly states that Britain needs a Green New Deal now, and indeed in your letters page last autumn (10 September) our report detailing what form such a “jobs in every...
by Colin Hines | May 7, 2019 | Media, Other coverage
Colin Hines had this letter in the Financial Times on 4 May 2019: Your editorial “Enter the age of activism on climate change”, April 27) correctly welcomes the passing of the intergenerational baton from Sir David Attenborough to Greta Thunberg. However, to result in...
