by Ann Pettifor | Sep 17, 2019 | General
This article was originally published in The Guardian In September 2007, as credit was “crunched” and the financial crisis began to unfold, a group of economists and environmentalists, including the future Green party MP Caroline Lucas, met regularly in my small...
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 Andrew Simms | Jul 25, 2019 | General, History
Protestors call for a Green New Deal in 2008 The Urbanist podcast talked to Green New Deal Group member Andrew Simms about origins of the Group, their 2008 report, the challenges that inspired it and the principles that underpin it. Andrew explores the way it 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...
