When it comes to service provision I'm an unregenerate advocate of public service provision. None of the gimmicks, from PFI to outsourcing used by Labour or invented by a Tory government determined to roll back the state, work as well....
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This might sound odd given their obvious mutual dislike but it is possible that Ed Balls and George Osborne have more in common that you think; something pretty fundamental in fact. What binds them is their shared faith that, sooner...
Over the last 60 years, European social democracy has moved (though with varying degrees across nations) from ascendancy in the post-war era to marginalisation from the early 1980s and then to 'The Third Way' period of accommodation to markets from...
If the Ed Miliband camp cites the resignation of Bob Diamond this morning as a victory and the culmination of a weekend spent campaigning and lecturing, they will have completely misunderstood how high the stakes are.
Bob Diamond now has plenty...
To succeed in Labour’s political project – of rising and shared wealth – we must rethink the relationship between governments and markets. There must be a greater consistency between the progressive ends that we seek and the means that we...
In modern societies 'debt' refers to an economic relationship of incomplete exchange, based on the expectation that it will, at some point, be closed through repayment. As this relationship extends indefinitely into the future the institution of debt is intimately...