Our analysis looks at previous periods of British economic history to identify the enabling conditions for our most successful episodes of economic growth, noting the crucial importance of large-scal...
Publication
Report
Economy
IPPR
The Scottish government begins the budget process for Scotland on 12 December 2018, publishing its draft budget for 2019/20. This will see the Scottish government set out its plans for devolved taxes...
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Briefing
Economy
Budget
Scotland
IPPR Scotland
The UK is a wealthy nation but that wealth is very unevenly distributed. This has negative implications for both economic prosperity and justice. These issues are set to become more important as...
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Report
Economy
Commission on Economic Justice
IPPR
The IPPR Commission on Economic Justice was established in autumn 2016 in the wake of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. This briefing outlines some of the potential implications for Scotland...
Publication
Briefing
Economy
Commission on Economic Justice
Scotland
IPPR Scotland
Over recent years there has been increasing concern among economists and statisticians, and a variety of commentators and organisations in civil society, about whether the current range of economic...
Publication
Economy
Commission on Economic Justice
IPPR
A declining labour share of national income, together with unequal capital ownership, mean wealth inequality in the UK has risen and is set to rise further. This policy paper sets out why a...
Publication
Economy
Commission on Economic Justice
Young people
Equality
IPPR
When it comes to some of our most intractable policy problems, the belief that change is possible can sometimes be the hardest thing to keep hold of. Optimism in our ability to make things better is...
Blog post
Expert comment
Economy
Scotland
IPPR Scotland
Most of us work for a living. We aren’t trustafarians, with a nice monthly dividend check from a safely-invested inheritance we didn’t earn. Nor are we corporate titans, with millions in stock...
Blog post
Expert comment
Economy
Commission on Economic Justice
Neoliberalism is many things: a failing but widespread economic common sense, an attempt to insulate the political from the economic, an approach to modernity that seeks discipline and control...
Blog post
Long read
Economy
Commission on Economic Justice
The unequal ownership of capital in the economy is a powerful driver of inequality. With the share of national income going to capital having increased in recent decades, and likely to rise...
Publication
Report
Economy
Commission on Economic Justice