Economy

BLOG: A long-term non-ideological approach to economics

IPPR Economics Prize runners up blog Businesses and investors have a much greater chance of success when they have a clear long-term strategy and stick to it throughout the swings of economic...

26/07/2019

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REGIONAL ANALYSIS: Wales

This analysis of the Welsh economy was handed out at our event Economic Justice for Wales. The event was part of a UK-wide series of public meetings held by the IPPR Centre for Economic Justice ....

18/07/2019

Blog post Economy

The future is ours: Women, automation and equality in the digital age

Automation will produce significant productivity gains that will reshape specific sectors and occupations. These gains are likely to be recirculated, with jobs reallocated rather than eliminated, economic output increased, and new sources of wealth created.

16/07/2019

Publication Report Economy Automation Equality Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Making the most of the Scottish Child Payment

When the Scottish Government’s plans to reduce child poverty through a Scottish Child Payment were announced earlier this month, they were warmly welcomed by activists and economists alike. But...

15/07/2019

Blog post Expert comment Economy IPPR Scotland

Incentivising an ethical economics: A radical plan to force a step change in the quality and quantity of the UK's economic growth

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...

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

The IPPR Economics Prize: The winners

Read the judges' foreword and the summaries of the four prize-winning and runner-up entries to the IPPR Economics Prize. The IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, which reported in 2018 with...

10/07/2019

Publication Briefing Economy IPPR

Decentralising Britain: The 'big push' towards inclusive prosperity

The UK economy has had a split personality since the Great Recession, combining a record-strong labour market with historically low productivity growth. A solution to this ‘productivity puzzle’ has...

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

A rebalancing programme for Britain: Ending austerity in the UK

The rate of economic growth in the UK has fallen noticeably in recent decades. Economic growth since 2000 has averaged under 2 per cent per annum, and this poor growth rate looks set to continue for...

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

Automation and working time: How to reward digital labour

The time we spend online is political. We may not think it so, but our engagement with the digital world is increasingly resembling a product that is stored, studied and sold.

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

REGIONAL ANALYSIS: West Midlands

This analysis was handed out at our event Economic Justice for the West Midlands. The event was the West Midlands instalment in a UK-wide series of public meetings held by the IPPR Centre for...

04/07/2019

Blog post Economy