Ann Pettifor is a Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME). In 2003 she edited ‘The Real World Economic Outlook’ (Palgrave) with a prescient sub-title: ‘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: ourEconomyVultures are circling our fragile economies – we must not let them feastWe 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 membersA 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 moneyDeveloping 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...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReactions to Mr Osborne’s autumn statementToday, UK's Chancellor George Osborne set out the Conservative Government’s fiscal plans for the current Parliament...