Rethinking Britain

Policy Ideas for the Many
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5252-5
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

What if we had a government prepared to implement the policies that could radically change 21st-century Britain and improve people’s lives?
Social and economic policies are rarely communicated clearly to the public, but it’s never been more important for citizens to understand and contribute to the debate around the country’s future.
In everyday language, Rethinking Britain presents a range of ideas from some of the country’s most influential thinkers such as Kate Pickett and Ha-Joon Chang. From inflation to tax, and health to education, each contribution offers solutions which, if implemented, would lead to a fairer society.
Curated by leading economists from the Progressive Economics Group and accompanied by a ‘jargon buster’, this book is an essential aid for citizens who are interested in critiquing inequalities while looking to build a better future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Himmelweit, Susan

Konzelmann, Sue

Smith, Jeremy

Weeks, John

Weitere Mitwirkende

Allen, Patrick

Green, Francis

Lethbridge, Jane

Pickett, Kate

Allen, Pauline

Huckfield, Leslie

Gough, Ian

Reed, Howard

Lansley, Stewart

Stratford, Beth

Montgomerie, Johnna

Ewing, Keith

Murphy, Richard

Stephenson, Mary-Ann

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ~ Patrick Allen;
Introduction ~ Jeremy Smith;
Interlude: ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall – who has the highest debt of all?' ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
PART ONE: BUILDING A FULL-EMPLOYMENT ECONOMY;
Introduction ~ John Weeks;
When is austerity an appropriate economic policy? ~Sue Konzelmann;
Using the budget to manage output and employment ~ John Weeks;
Why assessing the equality impact of economic policies matters ~ Susan Himmelweit and Mary-Ann Stephenson;
How should we manage inflation? ~ John Weeks;
What should guide monetary policy? ~ Jan Toporowski;
Does the UK really have too much debt? ~ John Weeks;
The macroeconomic role of progressive taxation ~ John Weeks;
How do we build a fairer tax system? ~ Richard Murphy;
Should we have fiscal rules? ~ Jeremy Smith;
Interlude: Has privatisation come off the rails? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
PART TWO ~ PUBLIC INVESTMENT – PRIORITISING SOCIETY RATHER THAN PROFIT;
Introduction ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
How could we build competitive new UK industries? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
Reindustrialising the UK ~ Antonio Andreoni and Ha-Joon Chang;
How can labour law be the instrument of progressive economic policy? ~ Keith D. Ewing and John Hendy QC;
Wage policy and public investment for sustainable development ~ Özlem Onaran;
How do we build a sustainable economy? ~ Dan O'Neill
Investing in social infrastructure ~ Susan Himmelweit;
Why should the railway be renationalised? ~ Jeff Tan;
How can we fix the broken energy sector? ~ Hulya Dagdeviren;
Interlude: Why should citizens invest in losses, rather than for profit? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
PART THREE: MAKING FINANCE WORK FOR SOCIETY;
Introduction ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
Why the UK needs a much better Companies Act ~ Simon Deakin;
What should be the limits to limited liability? ~ Colin Haslam;
Why do we need publicly listed companies? ~ Alan Shipman;
How can citizens’ wealth funds address the problem of inequality? ~ Stewart Lansley;
How can finance better serve the real economy? ~ Alan Shipman;
How can we channel credit to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? ~ John Marlow;
What can we learn from Germany’s national development bank? ~ Stephany Griffith-Jones and Natalya Naqvi;
Interlude: Safe as (council) houses. ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
PART FOUR: GENUINE SOCIAL SECURITY;
Introduction ~ Susan Himmelweit;
How can we tackle the UK’s private debt crisis? ~ Johnna Montgomerie;
How can we address the concerns of renters, without crashing house prices? ~ Beth Stratford and Duncan McCann;
How do we make occupational pension funds fit for purpose? ~ Bruno Bonizzi and Jennifer Churchill;
How can we stop the social security system aggravating mental distress? ~ John Grahl;
Reconstructing social security ~ Simon Deakin;
How could Universal Basic Income (UBI) improve social security? ~ Stewart Lansley and Howard Reed;
Would Universal Basic Income (UBI) address the causes of inequality, ill-being and injustice? ~ Ian Gough;
Interlude: What is ‘social’ infrastructure – and why does it matter so much? ~ Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies;
PART FIVE: HOW TO PROVIDE FOR SOCIAL NEEDS;
Introduction ~ Susan Himmelweit;
How can we stop privatisation of public services? ~ Leslie Huckfield;
What has the market done to the English NHS and with what should we replace it? ~ Pauline Allen;
What’s the best way to tackle health inequalities? ~ Kate Pickett;
What’s the best way of delivering social care? ~ Jane Lethbridge;
How do we make drug prices an easier pill for the NHS to swallow? ~ Dean baker;
How much would high-quality childcare cost and how would we pay for it? ~ Jerome De Henau;
What should be done about private schools? ~ Francis Green and David Kynaston;
How do we make lifelong learning a reality for all? ~ Liz Marr;
Conclusion ~ Jeremy Smith;
Jargon busters
References and further reading

Über Autor(innen)

Lansley, Stewart
Stewart Lansley is a visiting fellow in the School of Policy Studies, the University of Bristol, a Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum and a Research Associate at the Compass think-tank. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and has written widely on poverty, wealth and inequality. His recent books include A Sharing Economy (2016), Breadline Britain, The Rise of Mass Poverty (with Joanna Mack, 2015) and The Cost of Inequality (2011).

Weeks, John
John Weeks (1941-2020) was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS University of London.

Pickett, Kate
Kate E. Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and co-author of The Spirit Level

Allen, Pauline
Pauline Allen is Professor of Health Services Organisation in the Department of Health Services Research and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and co-deputy director of PRUComm.

Lethbridge, Jane
Jane Lethbridge has worked on public service issues for over 20 years, with experience of management and project implementation in both the public and NGO sectors. She has worked for the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU),University of Greenwich since 2001.

Smith, Jeremy
Jeremy Smith is co-Director of PRIME and a barrister by profession. He was formerly Chief Executive of the London Borough of Camden, and later worked for local government in Europe and internationally. He is an expert in international urban development, as well as EU and national constitutional issues.

Konzelmann, Sue
Sue Konzelmann is Reader in Management at Birkbeck. An economist by training, she is Co-executive Editor of Cambridge Journal of Economics.

Himmelweit, Susan
Susan Himmelweit is Emeritus Professor of Economics at The Open University. She is a past president of the International Association for Feminist Economics and founding chair and active member of the UK think tank the Women’s Budget Group. Her research interests are in gender issues in economic and social policy.

Sue Konzelmann is Reader in Management at Birkbeck, University of London. An economist by training, she is Co-executive Editor of Cambridge Journal of Economics.
Susan Himmelweit is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Open University. She is a past president of the International Association for Feminist Economics and founding chair and active member of the UK think tank the Women’s Budget Group. Her research interests are in gender issues in economic and social policy.
Jeremy Smith is Co-Director of Prime Economics and a barrister by profession. He was formerly Chief Executive of the London Borough of Camden, and later worked for local government in Europe and internationally. He is an expert in international urban development, as well as EU and national constitutional issues.
John Weeks (1941-2020) was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS University of London.