Centre for Economic Justice

Centre for Economic Justice

The Centre for Economic Justice (CEJ) at IPPR is our landmark initiative to provide progressive and practical ideas for fundamental reform of the economy, to one which is hard-wired for both prosperity and justice.

It carries forward the work of the Commission on Economic Justice, a wide-ranging two-year inquiry that concluded with a comprehensive final report in September 2018.

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  1. Wide angle view directly up in the skyline of the financial district in central London

    Fair play: How competition policy can drive growth

    The UK’s competition framework — and its regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority — has struggled to prevent rising market concentration and stagnant productivity. 
  2. Two male construction workers in high vis jackets laughing together in a van

    Mission-driven industrial relations: The case for fair pay agreements

    How fair pay agreements could support the government’s mission-based approach by resolving labour market challenges.

  3. Assessing the economy

    Over the past few days and weeks, there has been lots of rather histrionic commentary about the UK’s economic situation as if the budget has created an economic disaster from which we’ll never recover.
  4. A wealthy man sits on a stack of coins while an older woman and a less wealthy man stand below him next to much smaller stacks of coins

    Earning vs owning: Rescuing opportunity in the asset economy

    Life chances are increasingly determined by what you inherit, not what you do. But what can we do about it?

  5. Second round effects: Why the OBR is likely underestimating the growth effects of public investment

    The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has outlined a new approach to modelling the growth impacts of public investment.

Meet the team

The final report from IPPR's Commission on Economic Justice

The report argues that a fair economy is a strong economy: prosperity and justice can, and must, go hand-in-hand.
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