Tag: Rob Macquarie
Blog: Reflections on the ‘Purpose of Finance’ from Positive Money
by Rob Macquarie, Economist, Positive Money
Positive Money is delighted to see a Parliamentary think tank addressing long-standing problems with our monetary and financial system. David Pitt-Watson and Hari Mann’s effort to kick-start a debate on the purpose of finance is an important contribution to the struggle to improve the sector [...]
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Blog: EXPERT HUB – BRIEFING: SOCIAL SECURITY INVESTMENT
𝐁𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Read moreBlog: TOWARDS THE MANIFESTOS: Business perspectives on poverty and
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐊 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
Read moreBlog: EXPERT HUB – RESEARCH: VOTER ATTITUDE INSIGHTS
𝐁𝐲 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Read moreBlog: EXPERT HUB – OP ED: Essentials Guarantee
𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭
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𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞
Read moreBlog: TOWARDS THE MANIFESTOS – 2023 CONFERENCE SYNOPSIS REPORT
𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐬: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬? 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑
Read moreBlog: Power to Change Capitalism for Good: The IPPR’s Economic J
Thank you Mr Speaker It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I beg to move the motion in my name and I hope you will forgive me the beginning with a short hymn of praise to the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was at his behest that I and others founded the All-Party Parliamentary […]
Read moreBlog: Rolling back the state will never deliver equality
How do we mend capitalism and end populism? The populism that is fuelled by surging inequality around the world? After two years of hard graft, the IPPR has answers. Today, its commission on economic justice, whose members include the Archbishop of Canterbury, has produced its final report. It [...]
Read moreBlog: The Purpose of Finance – APPG roundtable discussion
The finance industry is one of the UK’s most successful industries. But it’s an industry most associated with boosting inequality than equality. And when things go wrong they go badly wrong for all of us. For years, we’ve focused on how the finance industry works, but not on why, or in other [...]
Read moreBlog: Inclusive Growth means thinking about low-pay sectors
Economic development tends to focus on the glamorous parts of the economy. Many cities, for example, are trying to attract Channel 4. In the US, they are bidding for the (second) Headquarters of Amazon. This focus is understandable, as sectors such as high-tech or media tend to produce some [...]
Read moreBlog: What is the purpose of finance?
So what is the purpose of finance? Try that question over dinner and you will likely get a somewhat cynical reply, about its self-serving nature. Financial crisis after crisis, scandal after scandal have not helped to build a narrative that the finance serves any purpose than to serve itself. [...]
Read moreBlog: INCLUSIVE GROWTH: FROM ANALYSIS TO ACTION
Last month we were honoured to be invited to join the All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Inclusive Growth at the OECD Global Parliamentary Network meeting in Parliament which was held to discuss inclusive growth. The organisers invited a number of business leaders associated with [...]
Read moreBlog: Our research shows that a Citizen’s Basic Income would red
A recent news item from the All Party Parliamentary Group tells us that new research from the House of Commons library suggests that, if nothing changes, the top 1% of the world’s population could own two-thirds of the planet’s wealth by 2030 if inequality grows at the same rate as it [...]
Read moreBlog: New figures suggest top 1% could own two-thirds of global we
New figures suggest top 1% could own two-thirds of global wealth by 2030 Research suggests British people worried by growing political power of global super-rich The top 1% of the world’s population could own two-thirds of the planet’s wealth by 2030 if inequality grows at the same [...]
Read moreBlog: Time to Rewrite the Rules: Remarks to the OECD Global Parlia...
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Read moreBlog: Inclusive Job Growth: Companies, Sectors and Places
The Good Economy co-founder, Mark Hepworth, shares new ratings of regions and sectors to see where inclusive growth is needed most.
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