Laurie Macfarlane is economics editor at openDemocracy, and a research associate at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. He is the co-author of the critically acclaimed book 'Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing'.
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisAsset strippers are preparing to feast on Britain’s COVID-ravaged economyArmed with record piles of cash, private equity firms are scouring the globe for vulnerable prey. British companies,...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe UK government is using ‘levelling up’ to hide a crackdown on political dissentBoris Johnson’s domestic priorities are becoming clear: reward those who vote Conservative, and suppress those who don’t
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisRishi Sunak said he’d protect the vulnerable. So why is he making them pay?The chancellor is fuelling a two-tier recovery, where the winners from the pandemic prosper at the expense of everyone else
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureSix ways Donald Trump can still be brought to justiceThe impeachment trial may have failed, but the former president has multiple legal battles ahead of him
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe GameStop frenzy shows why we can’t let casino capitalism drive the COVID recoveryIt’s time to call the speculation that powered the GameStop surge what it really is: socially useless gambling that...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPor qué el 2021 es la última oportunidad para evitar el colapso climáticoLa Covid-19 y el cambio climático son dos caras de la misma moneda. En 2008 rescatamos a los bancos, en 2021,...