John Mills
Social democracy will struggle to retain political relevance
‘Parties of the Left may move back towards the political centre, but they will need a much better story to tell on the economy’
Growth pains
Why is the UK’s growth rate so low and how can we solve the problem?
Britain’s biggest challenge isn’t Brexit
‘Our biggest political and economic challenge is not Brexit. It is the fact that our growth rate has slowed to a crawl’
Let The Pound Fall Further
“The UK has had an overvalued currency since monetarism became the fashion in the 1970s”
Corbyniste Compromise
‘Can some synthesis between the idealism of the Corbyn camp and the pragmatism of Labour’s moderate wing produce a winning combination?’
Change the Exchange Rate
“Because no one is talking about the exchange rate, we are in danger of locking ourselves into entirely pointless and unnecessary austerity”
The Mansion Tax isn’t good for Labour
‘Why have many people who support the idea of local property taxation come out against the mansion tax?’
Cutting expenditure won’t cut debt
‘There is a much better way of reducing the deficit than austerity: get the economy to grow’
Investing in Freedom
“Most people in the West still cling to the view that freedom generates economic growth—but what happens if this is demonstrably no longer the case?”
Manufacturing Trouble
The root problem with the UK economy is that neither investment generally nor manufacturing in particular are profitable
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts