From today’s Guardian, from my Green New Deal colleague Colin Hines: Mervyn King is right that the UK is looking over an economic abyss (Britain in grip
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Memo to Vince Cable: QE is not enough – we need Green Quantitative Easing
I note Vince Cable is calling for a new round of quantitative easing to boost consumption. He’s right that we need demand stimulated. He’s wrong
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We’re still facing the Triple Crunch
As Larry Elliott notes this morning: One Sunday in October 2008, Alistair Darling flew back from Washington to find Britain on the brink of banking meltdown.
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Schumacher: not in sympathy with this government
Last weekend there was a pile of drivel published saying how Fitz Schumacher was a guru for David Cameron. I’m glad to see Andrews Simms
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The meltdown begins
On Saturday I wrote a blog entitled This is not just nuclear melt down – it’s the next world financial crisis too. The usual right
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UN says it’s time for a Green New Deal
The BBC reports: Investing $1.3 trillion (£800bn) each year in green sectors would deliver long-term stability in the global economy, a UN report has suggested.
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Friends at the forefront
Good to see the Observer noting the work of my fellow Green New Dealers Ann Pettifor and Colin Hines yesterday. They deserve it for their
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Obama – just a hint of a Green New Deal?
From the FT: Barack Obama will on Thursday propose to cut oil and gas subsidies to make way for new “green energy” tax incentives designed
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Green bonds
I have worked on and off for the creation of green bonds to fund green infrastructure development in the UK for more than eight years,
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