Martin Wolf of the FT said this week that only economic growth can save democracy. Yet his economics serves only the wealthy. When workers are
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Is Apple worth $4 trillion?
Apple has crossed a $4 trillion valuation. That’s $495 for every single person on Earth — if we all shared it. But we don’t. This
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Growth is not coming back — and nor should our democracy depend upon it
Martin Wolf has (once again) declared in the Financial Times that the fate of democracy rests on economic growth. As he said, in advance of
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Larry Elliott on fiscal failure, technological anxiety and cautious optimism
The UK is stuck in a self-inflicted fiscal trap. Larry Elliott, former Guardian Economics Editor and my co-author in the Green New Deal, joins me
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Economic questions: The E F Schumacher question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity
As the Guardian reported last night: Ministers are considering dropping one of their central green pledges in an effort to keep energy bills down, sources
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Talking with Zack Polanski
My podcast with Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, was published last night: I make no apology for the fact
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Why do I still do this at 67?
People keep asking why I still make these videos every day at the age of 67. The truth is simple: our economy is still deeply
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Climate change is lapping at your door
As The Guardian notes this morning: Millions more homes in England, Scotland and Wales face devastating floods, and some towns may have to be abandoned
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