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9th July 2023

MALCOLM TORRY: CITIZEN’S BASIC INCOME: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Malcolm Torry: Citizen’s Basic Income: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2020, 336pp, £hbk 115.00; pbk 30.95; ebk 25.00, ISBN: 9781788117869; 9781800376021; 9781788117876. An earlier version of this review first Read More

12th March 2023

PAUL JOHNSON, FOLLOW THE MONEY: HOW MUCH DOES BRITAIN COST

Paul Johnson, Follow the Money: How much does Britain Cost? Abacus 2023 hbk, 1 408 714 019, 320 pp, £20.00 In his inimitable racy, self-confident, didactic style, Paul Johnson, the Read More

12th September 2021

ALLEN, KONZELMANN, TOPOROWSKI, EDS., THE RETURN OF THE STATE: RESTRUCTURING BRITAIN FOR THE COMMON GOOD

Patrick Allen, Suzanne J. Konzelmann, and Jan Toporowski, eds., The Return of the State: Restructuring Britain for the Common Good, Newcastle, Progressive Political Economy Forum, 2021, pbk, 1 788 213 Read More

12th September 2021

SPETH AND COURRIER, EDS., THE NEW SYSTEMS READER: ALTERNATIVES TO A FAILED ECONOMY

Speth and Courrier, eds., The New Systems Reader: Alternatives to a Failed Economy, Routledge, 2021, pbk, 0 367 313 383, 510 pp, £32.99 For those interested in what an alternative Read More

7th May 2021

ANNIE MILLER, A BASIC INCOME POCKETBOOK, 2020

Annie Miller, A Basic Income Pocketbook, Luath Press, 2020, pbk, 1 9121 4762 9, 192 pp, £6.99 Annie Miller’s A Basic Income Pocketbook is essentially an updated, condensed and more Read More

27th April 2020

Hartley Dean, Understanding Human Need, second edition

Hartley Dean, Understanding Human Need, second edition, Policy Press, 2020, pbk, 1 4473 4198 7, xxi + 209 pp, £25.99 In the preface to this second edition of Hartley Dean’s Read More

1st April 2020

Konzelmann et al, Rethinking Britain

Sue Konzelmann, Susan Himmelweit, Jeremy Smith and John Weeks (eds.), Rethinking Britain: Policy ideas for the many, Policy Press for the Progressive Economy Forum, 2019, xvii + 269 pp, 1 Read More

1st April 2020

Guy Standing, Plunder of the Commons

Guy Standing, Plunder of the Commons, Pelican, 2019, 0141990620, xviii + 402 pp, pbk, £9.99. After years of marginalisation, the question of wealth is finally creeping onto the political agenda. Read More

1st April 2020

Bill Jordan, Automation and Human Solidarity

Bill Jordan, Automation and Human Solidarity, 3 030 36959 0, hbk, x + 151pp, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, £35.99 This book sets out from the low wage and insecure service sector Read More

27th February 2020

Kelly Bogue, The Divisive State of Social Policy

Kelly Bogue, The Divisive State of Social Policy: The ‘bedroom tax’, austerity and housing insecurity, Policy Press, 2019, viii + 195 pp, hbk, 1 4473 5056 9, £75 This book Read More