Stewart Lansley

Stewart Lansley is the author ofThe Richer, The Poorer (Bristol University Press). He is a visiting fellow at the University of Bristol and a council member of the Progressive Economy Forum. His other books include A Sharing Economy (2016), Breadline Britain, The Rise of Mass Poverty (with Joanna Mack, 2015) and The Cost of Inequality (2011).

The hidden inflation that the political class won’t talk about

Not everyone is feeling the pinch – those with assets are enjoying a wealth bonanza

By Stewart Lansley

/ 20 Sep 2022

The hidden inflation that the political class won’t talk about

Liz Truss is returning to the fairytale economics of the 1980s

Excessive inequality and wealth redistribution to the rich have wrecked the economy. ‘Trussonomics’ won’t help

By Stewart Lansley

/ 6 Sep 2022

Liz Truss is returning to the fairytale economics of the 1980s

Pundits say British politics is undergoing a post-neoliberal shift. They’re wrong

On the contrary, the new capitalist variant may look much like the old

By Stewart Lansley

/ 18 Nov 2021

Pundits say British politics is undergoing a post-neoliberal shift. They’re wrong

Free basic services are no substitute for a condition-free income floor

A decent future for all depends on building a more secure income base and rebuilding our badly depleted public services.

By Stewart Lansley

/ 13 Jun 2019

Free basic services are no substitute for a condition-free income floor

A basic income is feasible and affordable

New research shows that introducing a guaranteed income floor would cut poverty, narrow inequality and reduce dependency on means testing.

By Stewart Lansley

/ 18 Mar 2019

A basic income is feasible and affordable

Talk is not enough: tackling inequality is now an economic imperative

It has long been recognised that extreme inequality has many serious social consequences, as well as causing economic fragility and weakness - now the time has surely come to act.

By Stewart Lansley

/ 3 Apr 2015

Tackling inequality: a new role for the state

In the last thirty years, a rising share of the global economic pie has been colonised by the world’s rich. It is this concentration of income that is the real cause of the present crisis. It created the conditions for the 2008 Crash and is now driving us into an era of near-permanent slump.

By Stewart Lansley

/ 19 Mar 2012

How the wage squeeze fuelled the crash and threatens recovery

As part of his TUC touchstone report "Unfair to Middling: How Middle Income Britain's Shrinking Wages Fuelled the Crash and Threaten Recovery", Stewart Lansley argues that a long term wage sqeeze on lower and middle income groups has had a serious effect on the global financial crisis, and may thr

By Stewart Lansley

/ 17 Nov 2009