Co-director @FutureEconScot. Fellow @IIPP_UCL and @DemocracyCollab. Co-author Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housingfutureeconomy.scot Edinburgh, ScotlandJoined November 2010
"The numbers suggest the housing crisis is less about shortage than the unequal distribution of homes..." Excellent long read from Joh Plender on the true causes of the UK housing crisis: policy driven financialisation and inequality. on.ft.com/45NQmZC
“If the Scottish government is to close the gap between ambition and delivery, it cannot rely on making minor tweaks to the status quo or simply reheating old orthodoxies.”
Our new report with @MazzucatoM and @IIPP_UCL is covered in today’s @thetimes: thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
Scotland's economy stands at a critical juncture. Our new report with @L__Macfarlane shows how a mission-oriented approach can transform Scotland's chronic low investment problem into an engine for inclusive & sustainable innovation-led growth. Time to move beyond a small…
🏴 Creating a green, fair and growing Scotland
The new report by @IIPP_UCL Prof. @MazzucatoM & @L__Macfarlane outlines how a mission-oriented approach can revitalise Scotland’s economy, transition to net zero and tackle inequalities.
✍️ Read more here: buff.ly/Sg5bhEu
📢 NEW: Scotland faces a stark choice: act boldly to shape the economy, or be shaped by global forces.
Our second report with @IIPP_UCL by @MazzucatoM and @L__Macfarlane explores how to rethink the state around an ambitious mission-oriented approach: futureeconomy.scot/publications/1…
The North Sea is an aging and declining field. Chasing every last drop of oil and gas out of it can be nothing other than an argument for bigger and bigger subsidies to fossil fuel producers.
This is a mind-blowingly stupid policy. Unless you’re a fossil fuel company.
Was delighted to join @faizashaheen on this weeks @macrodosepod
We talked about rumoured tax reforms, rises in unemployment, and the growing authoritarian turn across the west 🎧
Was delighted to join @faizashaheen on this weeks @macrodosepod
We talked about rumoured tax reforms, rises in unemployment, and the growing authoritarian turn across the west 🎧
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Democratic Socialist. Formerly Labour's Executive Director of Policy
Trade unionist
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13K Followers 6K FollowingBlackburn-Irish exile in the imperial metropolis · President @DemocracyCollab · @PeopleGetReady6 @CommWealthBldng · There are real alternatives · Own views
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Resigned from Labour. Supports Corbyn.
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