The myth of the "fiscal black hole" has been exposed
How did a £70bn “hole” become a £30bn “surplus”? The answer is that we’re doing economic policy wrong.
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How did a £70bn “hole” become a £30bn “surplus”? The answer is that we’re doing economic policy wrong.
The government’s own arbitrary target is the source of this ‘shortfall’, says James Meadway of the Progressive Economy Forum
The party should enter the debate over the Autumn Statement prepared to fight and win an ideological battle.
In British capitalist society, vast amounts of wealth and income are held by a rich or well-off minority, much more than is needed to repair the NHS and pay workers wage and benefit increases matching inflation. In round figures, Britain’s 32.6 million workforce produces £2.2 trillion (thousand billion) of output each year, or £67,000 per person.
The chancellor insists Britain has to ‘live within its means’ – but many economists say painful cuts are neither inevitable nor proven to work