James Meadway hosts the new weekly economics podcast Macrodose and is director of the Progressive Economy Forum. Previously, he was economic adviser to the shadow chancellor, and chief economist at the New Economics Foundation.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe government’s wrong. We can afford public sector pay risesOPINION: There’s one obvious way to fund public sector wage increases: tax the wealthy
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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe establishment is back at the controls. Remember what it did last timeJAMES MEADWAY: Jeremy Hunt’s U-turns on Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget are no cause for celebration
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionInflation is squeezing workers. We need a £15 minimum wageTo fairly protect those most impacted by the cost of living crisis we need to squash profits – not pay
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionSunak’s Budget will hammer many Brits. This is where the Left can interveneFar from the promised ‘high-wage economy’, many face wages that look increasingly paltry next to skyrocketing prices...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisO neoliberalismo está morrendo – agora devemos substitui-loDesde domar a Big Tech até competir com a China, o Ocidente está abandonando o livre mercado. Como será o futuro...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisNeoliberalism is dying – now we must replace itFrom taming Big Tech to competing with China, Western governments are abandoning free-market policies. But what does...