It is often said that the majority of Africans find capitalism particularly emotionally and conceptually difficult. And I think it’s not always limited to Africans…. Read more
Press for Champagne and weep for the country
Child benefits are being cut and the number of homeless is rapidly increasing but thank goodness for property developers Enstar Capital, and architects such as Stiff + Trevillion, who are rebuilding 40 Beak Street in London’s Soho…. Read more
The Litany and Lure of the Lease
The appalling scandal of newly built houses being sold as leasehold by Britain’s six biggest housebuilders (and where the ground rent can double every 10 years – just because they can) is by now well documented. In fact leasehold properties are now thought to make up over 40% of all new homes. This is rent… Read more
BoM May 2017
Our May 2017 Book of the Month is Richard Murphy’s “Dirty Secrets”. What happens when the rich are allowed to hide their money in tax havens, and what we should do about it? The revelations from the Panama Papers show unknown levels of secret money: how the super-rich hide their wealth from the rest of… Read more
Progressing away from the Job Guarantee
I’ve followed Neil Wilson‘s blog on and off for some time. He is radical and interesting and, like me is not an economist! But I cannot agree with him on the Job Guarantee. He sings the praises of the transformative properties of the Job Guarantee and says it would help to ensure jobs are available… Read more
What is the Likelihood of a Train Crash Brexit?
It looks as if the UK and EU negotiating position are very far apart and no deal may be achievable. Please complete the poll below to give an idea as to how Progressive Pulse readers feel…. Read more
What should the economy be for?
It was recently announced that the UK came 19th in the World Happiness Report and yet we are allegedly the fifth richest economy in the world…. Read more
What is the economy for?
It is said there is no such thing as society, only the economy. It sounds very much like a Thatcher quote. It isn’t, but is quite probably a silent Thatcher thought. Unsurprisingly it is wrong in all particulars…. Read more
Brexit P1, The State of the Nation 2016
Introduction I’ve studied and worked in a number of countries including the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland. In Germany referenda are banned at federal level under the 1949 Constitution. They had been used very effectively in the 1930s by Hitler and the NAZI party to subvert democracy. Right-wing populist, nationalistic… Read more
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