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: ourEconomyDevelopment for the manyA profit-led development model is at the root of Britain's dysfunctional housing market. It’s time for a new...
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Published in: ourEconomyUniversal services more effective than a Universal Basic Income, argues new reportNew research finds that expanding access and broadening provision of Universal Basic Services would be of greatest...
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Published in: ourEconomyBack to the future: how a new ownership agenda is reshaping our politicsChanges in ownership underpinned the last two major shifts in the UK’s political economy. Another shift could be...
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Published in: ourEconomyMultilateralism is in crisis. Can it be saved?As leaders gather in Washington DC for the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, openDemocracy and the Bretton Woods...
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Published in: ourEconomyIntroducing our new section: ourEconomyA new section of openDemocracy that puts people, planet and power at the centre of the debate about our economic future.
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Published in: ourEconomyWe already live in a planned economy – we just need to take the steering wheelMarket arrangements always favour certain outcomes over others, and ensure that social arrangements stay within set...