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'Devo Manc': 'Northern Powerhouse' or 'Northern Poorhouse'?

Published on: 15 May 2015

Written by: Karel Williams All articles by Karel Williams

Written by: Mick Moran All articles by Mick Moran

Centralisation has certainly failed, but the promise of devolution to Greater Manchester is being massively hyped.
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The (mis)rule of the econocrats: how to re-politicise economics

Published on: 19 April 2012

Written by: Andrew Bowman All articles by Andrew Bowman

Written by: Karel Williams All articles by Karel Williams

Written by: Mick Moran All articles by Mick Moran

The financial crisis demonstrated extraordinary failures on the part of policy elites and economic experts. And yet we remain governed by technocrats. We need to re-politicise economic policy-making, or else repeat the mistakes of the past.