Tag: economics
Opinion: Of Course Sunak Says Inflation Can’t Be Fixed. Fixing It Would Mean Taxing Billionaires Like Him
by James Meadway
Analysis: The British Empire Wasn’t Just About Race
by Kojo Koram
Young people are waking up to the fact that the British empire was not just about identity and race, but about poverty and wealth, democracy and control, writes Kojo Koram.
Opinion: Three Things the Tories Could Easily Do to Slash Living Costs
by James Meadway
The Tories claim the cost of living crisis is beyond their control, writes James Meadway. They’re lying.
Planet B: Planet B: Jayati Ghosh on Escaping the Debt Trap
Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Debt
Novara Live: What’s in Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?
Novara Live: John McDonnell’s Message to Rishi Sunak
Long Read: Yes, China’s Debt Bubble Might Burst – But the Government Has Far Bigger Problems
by James Meadway
Novara FM: Afterburn
Downstream: How Labour Wins Back the Red Wall
While Labour lost council seats across the North and Midlands, it held firm in Preston. Can only municipal socialism and the ‘Preston Model’ now save the party? Aaron Bastani is joined by Matthew Brown, Labour leader of Preston council.
The Bastani Factor: Rishi Sunak Found the Magic Money Tree
After 2010 British politics was shaped by one idea above all others: austerity. We were told that there wasn’t enough money to pay for EMA, university fees, council housing or even the existing range of benefits. And yet the government’s response to Covid-19 demonstrates the extent to which that was a political choice rather than […]