20 Jan,2021 | Happy, The Horizons Tracker by Adi Gaskell
As governments attempted to grapple with the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis, austerity politics was a common approach to try and balance the books after a prolonged period of extensive spending to prop up the financial system. While this has been widely spoken...
6 Sep,2020 | Business, The Guardian
When Brexit happens, “the EU will no longer exist”. So said Nigel Farage to Michel Barnier, who was to become the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, a few days after the 2016 referendum.Barnier revealed this recently at the end of an interview with the French journalist...
29 Aug,2020 | Business, The Guardian
Opinion Austerity Austerity is killing Ecuador. The IMF must help end this disaster In Ecuador, IMF-promoted austerity has been disastrous and brutal. It’s time to reverse course
17 Aug,2020 | Business, The Guardian
Economic disruption can be harnessed for good, like tackling climate change: but right now we have all pain and no gain“The pandemic is a portal,” wrote Arundhati Roy back in April. It has since become commonplace to argue that coronavirus has created both a need and...
26 Jul,2020 | Business, The Guardian
Economics viewpoint Economic recovery The UK must prioritise levelling up if the economy is to get back on its feet Richard Partington Boris Johnson’s tenure will be coloured by the Covid-19 economic recovery but urgent fixes are needed...
