Tag Archives: economic growth

Could Labour implement a post-growth economy?

Posted on 28 November, 2017 by

Here is the full version of the article published, in rather truncated form today, on Left Foot Forward. I will be posting a fully referenced extended version in the near future. pdf version of the full text Could Labour implement … Continue reading →

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Labour again: Corbyn’s victory and the growth narrative

Posted on 2 October, 2016 by

This is a short post to note Corbyn’s victory in the Labour leadership re-election and ask some fundamental questions.  Despite some misgivings in the last post, I’m delighted.  This is all about rejecting the politics and economics of the last … Continue reading →

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Progress as a trap.

Posted on 12 February, 2016 by

Craig Bennett is the Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth UK. Last night (11/2/2016) he gave a lecture at Manchester Business School, “What is Progress: how are we doing and where next?” It was an interesting topic for a … Continue reading →

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Corbynomics: let’s be sceptical about the growth rhetoric.

Posted on 11 January, 2016 by

“So all our emphasis and work and campaigning is about an expanding economy and investing in an expanding economy” Jeremy Corbyn, quoted by The Independent, 29 February 2016 “El socialismo puede llegar sólo en bicicleta.” Socialism can only arrive by … Continue reading →

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Action call! Consultation Paper on Non-economic Regulators: Duty to Have Regard to Growth | Steady State Manchester

Posted on 1 April, 2013 by

Action call! Consultation Paper on Non-economic Regulators: Duty to Have Regard to Growth | Steady State Manchester. see this post on steadystatemanchester.net

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