Reader in Political Economy, Manchester Metropolitan University
Arguments for shareholder primacy are deeply flawed, but that does not mean that companies in liberal market economies will readily deviate from this norm. For reformers, the question is what […]
The tussle over Brexit within the Conservative Party is actually a debate about the UK’s future place in the global […]
Even on the left, post-crisis regional economic policy in Britain has been underpinned by pre-crisis intellectual paradigms. This post argues […]
We can partly situate the grounding of Britain’s pre-crisis growth model in its geographical unevenness – but the left must […]
Our new research published today considers the perspectives of today’s young people on trade unionism – and how unions can respond […]
Our new research considers the perspectives of today’s young people on the economy, crisis and labour market change – and […]
The path to ‘soft Brexit’ has now been firmly established. But the real disjuncture between the UK and the EU […]
The Chancellor glossed over terrible forecasts, delivered more hype than substance on industrial strategy, and succumbed to another housing market […]
Firms such as Google and Uber – and their control of our data – may pose a threat to the […]
The final report of the Industrial Strategy Commission outlines a bold vision for strategic economic management in the UK, including […]