The long, rocky ride of crisis and austerity In this next post of the series, it is suggested that the discursive justifications of austerity and touting of the moral certainty of markets advanced by politicians hide the fact that capitalism’s crises are always borne by the poor and the weak. It has long been taken for granted, by Marxists and … Continue reading →
10 June 2015 by Mary Evans
Categories: Inequality, Rethinking Recovery, Social science, SPERI Comment
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Tags: austerity, Clause 28, Conservative, Marxist, Masters of the Universe, Owen Jones, Stedman-Jones, Thatcher, Zoe Williams
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The Conservative agenda on pension investments is inherently shallow and increasingly moralistic in tone The UK coalition government has had its eye on pension fund investments for a while. A reorientation of investment practice by pension funds is seen as essential to economic rebalancing; the explicit suggestion is that pension funds are too short-termist in nature and have not sufficiently … Continue reading →
26 November 2014 by Craig Berry
Categories: British growth crisis, Craig Berry, Debt, Economics, Finance, Politics and policy, SPERI Comment, Tax, Welfare
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Tags: Boris Johnson, Conservative, Kay Review, Pension funds, PFI
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Rethinking Recovery II
The long, rocky ride of crisis and austerity In this next post of the series, it is suggested that the discursive justifications of austerity and touting of the moral certainty of markets advanced by politicians hide the fact that capitalism’s crises are always borne by the poor and the weak. It has long been taken for granted, by Marxists and … Continue reading →
10 June 2015 by Mary Evans
Categories: Inequality, Rethinking Recovery, Social science, SPERI Comment | Tags: austerity, Clause 28, Conservative, Marxist, Masters of the Universe, Owen Jones, Stedman-Jones, Thatcher, Zoe Williams | 1 comment