
Austerity stripped bare
The tightened belt is still in fashion but it’s a style that is transparently thin says Geoff Tily. For years the logic of austerity has governed UK economic policy. In …
Austerity stripped bare Read MorePublished by Promoting Economic Pluralism
The tightened belt is still in fashion but it’s a style that is transparently thin says Geoff Tily. For years the logic of austerity has governed UK economic policy. In …
Austerity stripped bare Read MoreThe bust after the 2007 property price boom in Ireland has left its scars. As a second bubble is swelling Peter Manley warns that people shouldn’t lose out again to …
Property in Ireland: another bridge too far Read MoreReal estate is a load bearing part of the UK economy. Alexander Tziamalis warns how cracks are appearing. London real estate is in a downward spiral, for the first time …
Don’t bring the house down Read MoreThe cost of the UK’s inadequate income support is huge. Paul Nicolson writes. The UK has never been generous with its benefits system. In 2008, Tim Harford of the Financial …
Enough is enough Read MoreThe NHS crisis is a crisis of neoliberalism writes Laurie Laybourn-Langton This year, the National Health Service turns seventy, finding itself in a world radically different to that which welcomed …
There has always been an alternative Read MoreNigella Vigoroso-Heck confesses putting failure into teaching market failure and laments the scope available in A level economics courses. Market failure is one of my favourite concepts to teach. Nestled …
Educating neater Read MoreIn 1985 London’s Victoria and Albert Museum put on an exhibition entitled National characteristics of design. It looked at various aspects of manufacturing, fashion and other sectors in eight leading …
Our house Read MoreIn this issue we focus on the economics of two issues that have dominated our politics for decades: health and housing. The health of the NHS is maybe our …
Symptoms of growth addiction: bad housing, bad health and Donald Trump? Read MoreLaura McCullagh works with people who are in danger of homelessness. She tells The Mint how her clients’ difficulties begin with lack of money and how she tries to guide …
Street Fighter Read MoreAngus Armstrong is now leading a centre charged with the task of restoring the relevance of macroeconomics following its failure to see the possibility of the 2008 crash. And he …
Gamekeeper turned Revolutionary Read More