The death of green growth
Image credit: Creative Commons: Kamiel79 Human beings are optimistic. Maybe we have to be, in order to keep going. One illustration of that optimism is the notion of green Growth.…
Are we all happy now?
Creative Commons: Otakuma Greens are quite rightly suspicious of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the key measure of whether things are going well. It’s a rough and ready measure of…
Embracing Post-Keynesianism is key for Labour’s success
Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Stop Trident rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 27th February 2016. Photo by Garry Knight, public domain. Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party…
Alternatives to capitalism: Derek Wall’s Economics After Capitalism (2015)
In his book Economics After Capitalism: A Guide to the Ruins and a Road to the Future (Pluto Press, 2015), Derek Wall (International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales) discusses…
Taking power: Why you should be excited about the new Green energy policy
Image: Skye Wind Farm, David Skinner Scottish Green Party members voted unanimously to pass policy promoting “Energy in Community and Public Hands” at the party’s annual conference last weekend. As…
Why Greens Should Support Corbyn’s People’s Quantitative Easing
Green Infrastructure QE was the idea of using public money to build highly insulated homes and to convert buildings to be more energy efficient. (Photo: BedZED, the UK's largest eco-village,…
Greens slam Osborne’s 2015 budget
View image | This morning, George Osborne unveiled the first Conservative government Budget since 1996, which he claimed was 'a plan for Britain for the next five years to keep…
Despite the election result, most people in the UK want an end to austerity
Anti-austerity protest in Dublin, October 2013. Image: Tony Webster. We shouldn't ever put too much weight on the findings of a single poll. However, there's some very interesting stuff in…
Losing Quiggins, Lennon and Liverpool’s Corporate Capture
The Beatles Mural, Seaforth was painted in 2008 as part of Liverpool's capital of culture celebrations. Image: Beverley Goodwin, Flickr. I’m returning to Edinburgh from a conference in Liverpool. It’s…
Have the Labour Party EVER supported a strike?
Rhymney Valley Women’s Support Group. Image: National Museum of Wales. Today is the 30th anniversary of the end of the miners’ strike, the climax of Margaret Thatcher’s war against trade…