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James Meadway
James Meadway is an economist and director of the Progressive Economy Forum. He hosts the weekly economics podcast, Macrodose.
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Labour must seize the interventionist moment
As the US and the EU embrace an era of state-led economic policy, the UK risks being left behind.
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The left shouldn’t rush to blame Liz Truss for Britain’s woes
The former PM is a sideshow – the real damage was done by the “sensible” people who championed austerity.
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The left should try to shape Starmerism, not bury it
If radicals fail to make clear demands on Starmer, New Labour’s old guard will take advantage.
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Does the wave of strikes mark the end of the long 1990s?
The shadow cast by decades of depoliticised workplaces may finally be fading.
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The “fiscal black hole” is a dangerous myth to justify austerity
Imposing unnecessary spending cuts would trap the UK in an economic doom loop.
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It’s time to stop kidding ourselves the Bank of England can control inflation
Only the government can administer the required medicine of subsidies and price controls.
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The Bank of England is playing chicken with its own government
Why does Andrew Bailey put his foot in his mouth so often?
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The Conservatives’ Great Leap Forward
Liz Truss and her team understand the British economy’s weaknesses but their utopian free-market solutions are undermining the Bank…
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