UK pensions have been imperilled by an epidemic of misunderstanding
Individualisation has undermined the purpose of pensions provision – and compelled the state to further intervene to support the private pensions industry
Craig Berry
Reader in Political Economy, Manchester Metropolitan University
The covidist state: opportunities for progressive politics?
The outbreak of COVID 19 has altered the model of the UK state. Can the emergency enlargement of the British state serve progressive purposes?
Workers of the world, self-isolate!
Pre-pandemic class relationships are both shaping and disrupting the politics of covidism, with implications for a post-pandemic shift in the social order
Damned if we don’t, damned if we do: a sideways look at Ciaran Driver and Grahame Thompson’s Corporate Governance in Contention
Arguments for shareholder primacy are deeply flawed, but that does not mean that companies in liberal market economies will readily […]
‘Global Britain’ equals Osbornomics squared
The tussle over Brexit within the Conservative Party is actually a debate about the UK’s future place in the global […]
From capitalism grounded to grounded capitalism – Part 2
Even on the left, post-crisis regional economic policy in Britain has been underpinned by pre-crisis intellectual paradigms. This post argues […]
From capitalism grounded to grounded capitalism – Part 1
We can partly situate the grounding of Britain’s pre-crisis growth model in its geographical unevenness – but the left must […]
Conform or confront? Will young people turn to trade unions to address precariousness?
Our new research published today considers the perspectives of today’s young people on trade unionism – and how unions can respond […]
Young people and the normalisation of economic crisis in the UK
Our new research considers the perspectives of today’s young people on the economy, crisis and labour market change – and […]
The next Brexit
The path to ‘soft Brexit’ has now been firmly established. But the real disjuncture between the UK and the EU […]