Ann Pettifor is a director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME). In 2003, she edited ‘The Real World Economic Outlook’ (Palgrave) with a prescient subtitle: ‘The legacy of globalisation: debt and deflation’. In 2006, Palgrave published her book ‘The Coming First World Debt Crisis’. In 2008, she co-authored ‘The Green New Deal” and in 2010 co-authored an essay with Professor Victoria Chick: “The Economic Consequences of Mr. Osborne’.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe UK’s new finance bill could cause another financial meltdown
In the midst of a cost of living crisis, finance should work for everyday citizens, not the City of London and huge...
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Published in: ourEconomyVultures are circling our fragile economies – we must not let them feast
We should never forget the lesson of the French Revolution: rentiers need the state more than the state needs rentiers.
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Published in: ourEconomyHow to transform the EU – and build solidarity between its members
A new European Clearing Union would restore a common purpose to the European project and help defeat the rising ride...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEconomic change will not happen until the left understands money
Developing a sound analysis of the causes of the financial crisis, and of solutions to the crisis is essential to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe cracks begin to show: a review of the UK economy in 2015 (part one)
On the first day of 2016 trading the FTSE 500 index nosedived. This surprised perennially optimistic business...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe cracks begin to show: a review of the UK economy in 2015 (part two)
Thus, the ultra-flexible UK labour market (“with employers in the driving seat”, in the government’s own charming...