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3rd September 2016

A new Fabian report, Andrew Harrop, For Us All

Andrew Harrop, For Us All: Redesigning social security for the 2020s, Fabian Society, 2016, xxiii + 164 pp, pbk, 0 7163 4128 4, free to download  This is an important Read More

31st August 2016

Book launch, Monday 10th October

A new book: Citizen’s Basic Income: A Christian social policy by Malcolm Torry will be published by Darton, Longman and Todd on the 29th September. An event to launch the Read More

8th August 2016

A letter in the Guardian from 35 economists

Thirty-five economists have written to The Guardian: As the new chancellor looks to ‘reset’ economic policy, new ways of conducting monetary policy should be considered. Instead of policies designed to Read More

8th August 2016

Jeremy Corbyn on Citizen’s Income in a Huffington Post interview

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Labour Party, has agreed with John McDonnell’s suggestion that the party should study Citizen’s Income as an Read More

3rd August 2016

A new book by Guy Standing: The Corruption of Capitalism

Biteback Publishing has published Guy Standing’s new book: The Corruption of Capitalism: Why rentiers thrive and work does not pay. The publisher says about the book: … This book reveals Read More

3rd August 2016

The way we work is changing, but the welfare state hasn’t kept pace with the times

This article was first published on the ‘Conversation’ website: We are grateful for permission to republish it here. Mechanisation. Robots. The digital economy. The gig economy. The sharing economy. The Read More