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2015
Making sense of fiscal devolution in public-sector service delivery
Kevin Muldoon-Smith & Paul Greenhalgh - 22 December 2015Making sense of fiscal devolution in public-sector service delivery
Local authorities will be expected to fend for themselves within a new model of civic financialisation and entrepreneurialism
Cannabis in the USA Part II: … losing the (drug) war?
Matt Bishop - 17 December 2015Cannabis in the USA Part II: … losing the (drug) war?
Reforms represent just one battle in a bigger war that is far from over
Social exclusion and labour rights in the banlieues of Paris
Heather Connolly - 16 December 2015Social exclusion and labour rights in the banlieues of Paris
Trade unions can support the integration of migrants and minorities in France and must do so more actively in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks
Cannabis in the USA Part I: winning the battle…
Matt Bishop - 15 December 2015Cannabis in the USA Part I: winning the battle…
Ambitious reforms to cannabis policy in the US are long overdue, with cracks finally appearing in the edifice of the failed ‘War on Drugs’
Berry’s ‘disoriented left’ and the possibilities of an alternative
Dan Silver - 10 December 2015Berry’s ‘disoriented left’ and the possibilities of an alternative
Connecting abstract ideas about political economy with people’s everyday lives is what politics in the UK should now be about
Bad things can still happen to ‘good pupils’ in the Eurozone
Neil Dooley - 09 December 2015Bad things can still happen to ‘good pupils’ in the Eurozone
Portugal’s aspirant ‘good behaviour’ has contributed not only to its recent political crisis, but also its longstanding economic woes
‘Old’ leftism, made new?
Stephanie L. Mudge - 08 December 2015‘Old’ leftism, made new?
An important part of the ‘Millennial’ appeal of Jeremy Corbyn in the UK and Bernie Sanders in the US lies in the economic insecurity of younger generations
Will devolution bring an economic and democratic dividend?
Dan Bailey & Matt Wood - 03 December 2015Will devolution bring an economic and democratic dividend?
Our briefing for the New Economics Foundation (NEF) supports the existing literature in suggesting that such a relationship cannot be taken for granted
Back to a Trade Union Bill in the United Kingdom
Jason Heyes - 02 December 2015Back to a Trade Union Bill in the United Kingdom
The new majority Conservative government seems to be seeking to complete some of its unfinished business from the 1980s
The rise and fall of the World Bank’s global pension model
Martin Heneghan - 01 December 2015The rise and fall of the World Bank’s global pension model
The global economic crisis has prompted the rapid demise of a treasured neoliberal pet project
SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit V
Martin Craig - 30 November 2015SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit V
From the politics of climate summitry to the political economy of climate-change mitigation
SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit IV
Greg Fry - 26 November 2015SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit IV
Climate diplomacy in the Pacific region
SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit III
Matthew Patersen - 25 November 2015SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit III
Beyond ‘Deadline Multilateralism’
Who governs local economies?
Tom Hunt - 24 November 2015Who governs local economies?
Cities like Sheffield need more skilled jobs, but delivering them has to be both a national and a local priority
TPP time in America
David Coates - 23 November 2015TPP time in America
President Obama may view this as his legacy, but it may well not be something of which he will long be proud
SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit II
Sian Sullivan - 19 November 2015SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit II
On climate change ontologies and the spirit(s) of oil
SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit I
Hayley Stevenson - 17 November 2015SPERI spotlight on the UN climate summit I
Democratising decarbonisation after the COP
What next for Labour’s ABC tendency
Tony Payne - 29 September 2015What next for Labour’s ABC tendency
The party desperately needs to go back and come fully to terms with what went right and what went wrong during the Blair/Brown era
The self-protection of European society (inside and outside the EU)
Owen Parker - 24 September 2015The self-protection of European society (inside and outside the EU)
Growing political turmoil in Greece, Spain and Turkey could be a precursor to a Polanyian ‘great transformation’ away from neoliberalism
Innovation, research and the UK’s productivity crisis
Richard Jones - 23 September 2015Innovation, research and the UK’s productivity crisis
Continuing on our current path of stagnating productivity and stagnating innovation isn’t inevitable: it’s a political choice
The Scottish Indyref, one year on
Arianna Giovannini - 22 September 2015The Scottish Indyref, one year on
Devolution in England ignores the key lessons from Scotland’s referendum
Political party conferences: A look ahead
Michael Kenny, Tim Bale & Andrew Gamble - 17 September 2015Political party conferences: A look ahead
As the party conferences get underway this weekend three experienced analysts share their thoughts on what we might expect to hear at the Lib Dem, Labour and Conservative conferences, and the challenges facing each party.
Paul Romer on mathiness and orthodox economics methodology
Matthew Watson - 16 September 2015Paul Romer on mathiness and orthodox economics methodology
Recent criticisms of the mathiness of many economists has raised the question within the blogosphere of whether a fundamental fault-line has now punctured economics orthodoxy
You wanted it, you got it
Craig Berry - 14 September 2015You wanted it, you got it
New Labour offered change for two decades, without ever really meaning it. Jeremy Corbyn is the near-inevitable consequence
Wellbeing and happiness
Ian Bache - 10 September 2015Wellbeing and happiness
These two concepts are different: conflating them can undermine the potential for progressive change
Getting ready for Donald Trump
David Coates - 09 September 2015Getting ready for Donald Trump
It is time to begin worrying about his misguided, superficial and bombastic approach to US problems and politics
The political economy of ‘good parenting’
Daniela Tepe-Belfrage, Alex Nunn & Shirin Rai - 08 September 2015The political economy of ‘good parenting’
‘Good parenting’ is grounded in a white middle-class ideal of what the family is and thus shifts responsibility for nurturing from society to individuals, mostly women
The political difficulties of ‘Corbynomics’
Andrew Baker - 03 September 2015The political difficulties of ‘Corbynomics’
The problems are not really the economics at all, but much more the politics
The real political economy of Ireland
Neil Dooley - 02 September 2015The real political economy of Ireland
Contrary to official EU claims, Ireland tells a cautionary tale, undeserving of its current poster-child status
Austerity rests on a thesis the government doesn’t believe in
Tom Hunt & Craig Berry - 01 September 2015Austerity rests on a thesis the government doesn’t believe in
Concentration of infrastructure investment in areas with high levels of business activity suggests the government is unconcerned by ‘crowding out’
Citizenship in a financialised society
Craig Berry - 28 August 2015Citizenship in a financialised society
The Conservative government’s promotion of financialisation is transforming citizenship in the UK
Variations in austerity-based reform
Thomas Hastings - 26 August 2015Variations in austerity-based reform
PIIGS and GIPSIs may appear to face common problems, but we should always respect the uniqueness of each country’s particular crisis
Brazil’s ‘neodevelopmentalism’: autopsy and adjustment
Giselle Datz - 19 August 2015Brazil’s ‘neodevelopmentalism’: autopsy and adjustment
The problems the Brazilian economy now faces reveal that ‘hybrid’ development models are no panacea for sustained growth
Child poverty and the unravelling of New Labour’s ‘hybrid’ political economy
Scott Lavery - 12 August 2015Child poverty and the unravelling of New Labour’s ‘hybrid’ political economy
Cameron claims to lead a ‘One Nation’ government, but pursues a ‘two nations’ governing strategy
Independence by increments
Paul Sutton - 05 August 2015Independence by increments
The SNP still pushes ‘full fiscal autonomy’ even though this will make Scotland worse off financially
A terminal crisis of Anglo-America?
Jeremy Green - 30 July 2015A terminal crisis of Anglo-America?
In the wake of the global financial crisis new strains have emerged within the US-UK ‘Special Relationship’
Transport investment and the North’s development dilemmas
Tom Hunt & Craig Berry - 28 July 2015Transport investment and the North’s development dilemmas
The gap between rhetoric and reality with regard to transport investment in the North of England encapsulates all the problems of Northern economic development
Fundamental rights and neoliberalism in Crisis Spain (and Crisis EU)
Owen Parker - 25 June 2015Fundamental rights and neoliberalism in Crisis Spain (and Crisis EU)
The gap between rhetoric and reality with regard to transport investment in the North of England encapsulates all the problems of Northern economic development
Rethinking Recovery IV: Britain’s recovery industry - profiting from austerity?
Emma Dowling - 24 June 2015Rethinking Recovery IV: Britain’s recovery industry - profiting from austerity?
This post investigates the burgeoning ‘recovery industry’ in Britain. As the government cuts welfare and pushes people into precarious labour markets in the name of austerity, it is simultaneously opening up new spheres of profitability for firms. This is stabilising the status quo of profits over people who are being pushed to produce a recovery that will not serve them.
The political economy of (ecological) crisis displacement: Part II
Martin Craig - 23 June 2015The political economy of (ecological) crisis displacement: Part II
Failure to begin the difficult process of questioning the purposes of economic activity may produce even more intractable ecological crises in the future
It’s the political economy, stupid!
Colin Hay & Tony Payne - 18 June 2015It’s the political economy, stupid!
Labour desperately needs a new and compelling narrative about how it would build a different economy from the Conservatives – and time is already running out
Rethinking Recovery III: The gendered impact of Universal Credit
Ruth Cain - 17 June 2015Rethinking Recovery III: The gendered impact of Universal Credit
As part of the Conservative Government’s welfare reform, Universal Credit (UC) is now being rolled out across the UK. UC negatively and disproportionately impacts women and low-paid families. Not only does it do little to address the social crises sparked by austerity, it also enacts punitive sanctions on to individuals unable to amass sufficient wages through precarious work – even if these conflict with childcare responsibilities.
Reforming FIFA?
Matt Bishop - 16 June 2015Reforming FIFA?
The issue lays bare the broader trade-offs between democracy, efficiency and legitimacy that epitomise global governance.
Why the North, why now, and what’s new?: Part II
Craig Berry - 11 June 2015Why the North, why now, and what’s new?: Part II
Osborne’s plans spell ‘devo-danger’ for the left in Northern England
Rethinking Recovery II: The long, rocky ride of crisis and austerity
Mary Evans - 10 June 2015Rethinking Recovery II: The long, rocky ride of crisis and austerity
In this next post of the series, it is suggested that the discursive justifications of austerity and touting of the moral certainty of markets advanced by politicians hide the fact that capitalism’s crises are always borne by the poor and the weak
QE, labour market restructuring and the ‘regressive recovery’
Jeremy Green & Scott Lavery - 09 June 2015QE, labour market restructuring and the ‘regressive recovery’
Cameron’s continuing ‘two nations’ governing strategy prepares the way for a further economic crisis
Why the North, why now, and what’s new? Part I
Craig Berry - 04 June 2015Why the North, why now, and what’s new? Part I
For England’s sake, the time has come for Northern England to find its ‘inner powerhouse’
Rethinking Recovery I: Inequality and insecurity in UK households
Genevieve LeBaron, Johnna Montgomerie & Daniela Tepe-Belfrage - 03 June 2015Rethinking Recovery I: Inequality and insecurity in UK households
This is the first in a series of ten SPERI Comments on the theme of rethinking recovery. In this introductory post the authors warn that measurements of, and debates about, economic recovery in the UK have tended to overlook deepening inequality along the lines of class, gender, race, ability, age and sexuality.
Prospects for Britain’s socially and territorially fractured polity
Colin Hay - 02 June 2015Prospects for Britain’s socially and territorially fractured polity
It’s still a ‘good election to lose, but too important not to win’
Resource security and energy abundance
John Mathews - 28 May 2015Resource security and energy abundance
Unless Western countries intervene in their economies to build green energy and resource systems, they will continue to go down to defeat in this field to China
Vorsprung durch Technik? Germany and the Eurozone crisis
Simon Bulmer - 27 May 2015Vorsprung durch Technik? Germany and the Eurozone crisis
Key aspects of Germany’s approach to the Eurozone crisis are structural, but they still have a ‘dark side’
Thought experiments in the political economy of (ecological) crisis displacement: Part 1
Martin Craig - 26 May 2015Thought experiments in the political economy of (ecological) crisis displacement: Part 1
The future crises that we confront depend, above all, on the way we choose to respond to the present ecological crisis
Fostering ‘Civic Capitalism’ within regional polities
Dan Bailey - 21 May 2015Fostering ‘Civic Capitalism’ within regional polities
Not all devolution is necessarily ‘good devolution’
Building a different future out of a crisis of housing
Mònica Clua Losada - 20 May 2015Building a different future out of a crisis of housing
The PAH, or ‘Platform of Those Affected by Mortgages’, has stirred a genuine social and political awakening in Spain
When in Russia, do as the Russians do?
Peter Rodgers - 19 May 2015When in Russia, do as the Russians do?
Putin’s system of control requires businesses constantly to negotiate challenging formal and informal rules of the game
Interpreting the SNP’s landslide
Nicola McEwen- 15 May 2015Interpreting the SNP’s landslide
The election outcome in Scotland challenges the UK political establishment to respond to the multinational character of the state
Labour’s historic defeat: learning the right lessons
David Coates - 14 May 2015Labour’s historic defeat: learning the right lessons
Designing and refining a new growth strategy that rejects austerity are the most pressing tasks before us
‘It’s the economy wot won it’
Mick Moran - 13 May 2015‘It’s the economy wot won it’
Labour’s argument on the economy was condemned by the association of ‘the two Eds’ with New Labour’s record
Ed Miliband didn’t convince the electorate, because he didn’t convince himself
Craig Berry - 12 May 2015Ed Miliband didn’t convince the electorate, because he didn’t convince himself
An ambivalence towards the state meant Labour failed to offer a meaningful alternative to the Conservatives
A tale of two elections
Andrew Gamble - 11 May 2015A tale of two elections
Labour is now confronted with a serious strategic dilemma, but the Conservatives also face huge economic and political challenges
Votes for vocational education?
Sir Keith Burnett - 23 March 2015Votes for vocational education?
Through advanced apprenticeships, universities and industry can unite to manufacture a more sustainable future for the UK economy
Inequality Redux V
Hannah Lambie-Mumford - 19 March 2015Inequality Redux V
Equity, entitlements and the changing nature of welfare
The G20 and China
Gregory Chin & Hugo Dobson - 18 March 2015The G20 and China
The decision to hold the 2016 summit in China creates both opportunities and challenges in relation to the prospect of a new phase of Asian global leadership
The Premier League television bonanza
Wyn Grant - 17 March 2015The Premier League television bonanza
Opinions differ as to whether this represents the market economy at its worst or its most competitive
Will the Budget reinforce Britain’s lopsided housing recovery?
Craig Berry - 15 March 2015Will the Budget reinforce Britain’s lopsided housing recovery?
Regional housing inequalities continue to widen – because the game is rigged
Inequality Redux IV
Thomas Hastings - 12 March 2015Inequality Redux IV
Shedding light and turning down the heat in the debate on welfare reform
The two sides of speaking up for business
Matthew Watson - 10 March 2015The two sides of speaking up for business
Business executives will continue to tell us how to cast our votes in May’s general election, but, before being persuaded, check the evidence on both sides of the argument
Inequality Redux III
Genevieve LeBaron - 05 March 2015Inequality Redux III
Fighting slavery, flaming labour exploitation?
Election 2015: not a good one to win … but too important to lose
Colin Hay - 04 March 2015Election 2015: not a good one to win … but too important to lose
In these circumstances there is no good excuse for not voting, and for not voting extremely wisely
What does a sustainable economy look like?
Hayley Stevenson - 03 March 2015What does a sustainable economy look like?
Research suggests the existence of no less than three distinct visions
Inequality Redux II
Martin Craig - 26 February 2015Inequality Redux II
The ‘trilemma’ of equality, accumulation and ecology
Capitalism, greening and political economy
Matthew Patersen - 25 February 2015Capitalism, greening and political economy
China and other countries in the global South are leading the way in the uptake of renewable energy and the pursuit of green growth
Singaporean lessons?
Matt Bishop - 24 February 2015Singaporean lessons?
Singapore is often held up as a model of development, and it does indeed carry some interesting lessons for other countries, both small and large, to consider
Inequality Redux
Scott Lavery - 19 February 2015Inequality Redux
Wage decline, welfare retrenchment and the politics of austerity in Britain
The material benefits of being a former leader
Andrew F. Cooper - 18 February 2015The material benefits of being a former leader
Blair and Clinton highlight the growing trend for ex-leaders to enjoy highly lucrative afterlives
Turkish delight
Tony Payne - 17 February 2015Turkish delight
The Presidency of the G20 has now passed to Turkey, but the global political economy looks like remaining dangerously under-governed
Inequality Redux
Colin Hay - 12 February 2015Inequality Redux
Introduction to a series of weekly SPERI Comments by SPERI staff and students on the theme of inequality.
We are all developing countries now. Are we?
Graham Harrison- 11 February 2015We are all developing countries now. Are we?
Tony Payne’s argument needs to be set in the context of the global ‘structural power’ of a still highly uneven capitalist political economy
Discovering and discussing the hidden costs of recovery
Genevieve LeBaron & Daniela Tepe-Belfrage - 10 February 2015Discovering and discussing the hidden costs of recovery
Forthcoming seminars at SPERI will endeavour to rethink recovery in a radical way, taking gender and social reproduction fully into account
Merkel, Draghi and Tsipras
Simon Bulmer - 05 February 2015Merkel, Draghi and Tsipras
These are the three key European leaders of the moment, but a Eurozone ménage à trois remains highly unlikely…
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