leading the development of green thinking in the UK
Mutual Security in a Sustainable Economy
Molly Scott Cato and Brian Heatley argue that welfare needs to be reconsider in the light of a sustainable economy.
The Dog that Didn't Bark
Lines looks at the 28 years following the Second World War when there were no such crises. He concludes that we need to reduce the interconnections between banks by introducing severe restrictions on interbank lending and derivatives trading, and reintroducing exchange controls
Defensive Localism or Creative Localisation?
In this article Scott Cato addresses some of the issues raised by the Localism Bill
The Political Economy of ‘Progressive Austerity’
Can there be anything ‘progressive’ about austerity? Does capitalist crisis always have to be resolved anti-socially, with mass unemployment and impoverishment, and on political terms which favour the right? Our most recent history is not encouraging.
