This is out from the Green New Deal Group and the New Weather Institute today:
Changing the culture of saving is something the Germans are beginning to get
As the FT notes this morning, Germany is considering issuing a €50 billion green bond at an interest rate of 2% later this week. By
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Ann Pettifor’s The Case for the Green New Deal
Ann Pettifor’s book on the Green New Deal is out today: As the blurb says: The GND has the potential of becoming one of the
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What you think you know about the climate is probably wrong – new UK poll
I thought this post from The Conversation by, Bobby Duffy, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King’s College London was worth sharing: We
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Funding the UK Green New Deal
I have been asked how I would fund the Green New Deal. This is a response I prepared to support some thinking a little while
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Labour members want a Green New Deal: now it’s time for the Party to deliver
As Labour List has noted this morning: Labour conference is set to be dominated by the campaign pushing for the party to adopt a ‘Green
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Draghi’s last gasp
The ECB recommenced its QE programme yesterday, and cut interest rates as well. Call it Draghi’s last gasp, if you like. The recommencement provides a
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Forcing business to face its responsibilities with regard to the climate crisis
I was asked by a person with a political persuasion to prepare some slides for them so that they might present my ideas on what
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The Labour Fiscal Rule needs to be consigned to history
As the FT has noted this morning: Economists were unanimous after Sajid Javid’s spending review on Wednesday: The chancellor’s fiscal rules were dead and Boris
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