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By now, even the most die-hard Tory must realise that the UK economy under George Osborne has flat-lined; like the Python’s dead parrot, it wouldn’t ‘voom’ if you pumped 4 million volts through it.[1] The highly respected National Institute of Social and Economic Research (NIESR) defines a ‘depression’ as that period of time during which [...]
Five years ago, twenty or so social democrats in and around the British Labour Party, politicians, academics, journalists and activists sat in a seminar room in a college in London’s Regents Park. The topic of debate was how to describe the Good Society. The discussion led to a Compass publication in 2006. Fast-forward five years [...]
In 2002 I published an article on a maximum wage in the centre-left theory journal Renewal. The idea of putting a ceiling on what people could earn was left-field, to say the least. It was more a thought experiment than a serious attempt to influence political debate. The article and the idea sank without much [...]
I have just stumbled across this speech by Jon Cruddas held at this year’s Compass conference. I couldn’t go at the time because I was on holiday. It’s well worth watching! Part 1 Part 2
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