The Return of the State: Restructuring Britain for the Common Good - Softcover

Patrick Allen

 
9781788213295: The Return of the State: Restructuring Britain for the Common Good

Synopsis

How can we ensure a fair and sustainable economic recovery post-pandemic?

Bringing together policy proposals from some of the brightest and most-engaged thinkers in the UK, this book presents both a vision of a future Britain and a roadmap to getting there.

Pushed by the Covid-19 crisis, the UK government has borrowed massively to save jobs, businesses and the economy from collapse, making a mockery of the austerity policies that it had championed for a decade. As a result, the role of the state is now in sharp focus. This book calls for nothing short of a new settlement and a complete redesign of the economy. Contributors argue passionately and persuasively for a state that is properly funded, one that looks after its citizens regardless of age, class or ethnicity and enables them to live well. To do this requires the establishment of a functional, fair and green economy managed with a social and public purpose.

Includes chapters from Will Hutton, Robert Skidelsky, Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson, Danny Dorling, Ann Pettifor and Guy Standing.

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About the Author

Patrick Allen is chair and founder of the Progressive Economy Forum. He is also founder and senior partner at the law firm, Hodge Jones & Allen.



Suzanne J. Konzelmann is Reader in Management at Birkbeck, University of London. Her most recent book is Austerity (2019).



Jan Toporowski is Professor of Economics and Finance at SOAS, University of London.

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