Laurie Macfarlane

Laurie Macfarlane is a co-director at Future Economy Scotland and a Fellow at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). He was formerly economics editor at openDemocracy and a senior economist at the New Economics Foundation

There is an alternative to neoliberalism – in Britain and beyond

Laurie Macfarlane introduces 'New Thinking for the British Economy' – openDemocracy's new eBook outlining a new economic agenda for Britain.

By Laurie Macfarlane

/ 18 Sep 2018

How citizens' wealth funds could transform our economy

By Laurie Macfarlane

/ 10 Apr 2018

VIDEO: In conversation with Britain's leading pro-Brexit economist

Roger Bootle is the founder and Managing Director of Capital Economics, and one of the few high profile economists who supported Brexit. His most recent book, 'The Trouble with

By Laurie Macfarlane

/ 24 Mar 2018

/ 20 Jun 2017

Five reasons why the SNP lost seats in the general election

Nicola Sturgeon's party went from 56 MPs to 34 MPs. What happened?

By Laurie Macfarlane

/ 9 Jun 2017

Podcast: to rebalance Britain's economy, we must rethink land and housing economics

Housing sucks up more of our income and more of our savings than anything else. It represents around 60% of Britain's assets. From soaring homelessness to widening wealth

By Adam Ramsay and Laurie Macfarlane

/ 6 Mar 2017

Laurie Macfarlane

There is an alternative to neoliberalism – in Britain and beyond

How citizens' wealth funds could transform our economy

VIDEO: In conversation with Britain's leading pro-Brexit economist

VIDEO: Diane Coyle on fixing Britain's economy

VIDEO: What became of the Big Society?

Lessons from Shirebrook: Economic change is nothing new – civil society must shape it, or be shaped by it

Theresa May has prioritised the rights of absentee landlords over the Grenfell victims

Five reasons why the SNP lost seats in the general election

Podcast: to rebalance Britain's economy, we must rethink land and housing economics