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The left’s response to austerity, thus far, has been necessary but far from sufficient. Social democrats have to challenge the cuts agenda because they will make growth less likely and impact on the poor hardest. That work must go on. Not least, the left must refocus on the bankers and financialised capitalism. This is the [...]
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 [...]
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