Rethinking Britain : policy ideas for the many / edited by Sue Konzelmann, Susan Himmelweit, Jeremy Smith and John Weeks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Konzelmann, Suzanne J., editor.

Himmelweit, Susan, editor.

Smith, Jeremy, editor.

Weeks, John, 1941- editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice--Great Britain.

Social justice.

Social conditions.

Great Britain--Social conditions--21st century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--2007-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2019.

Contents:

Part 1 Building a full-employment economy: Introduction p. 9 / John Weeks

1 When is austerity an appropriate economic policy? p. 13 / Sue Konzelmann

2 Using the budget to manage output and employment p. 19 / John Weeks

3 Why assessing the equality impact of economic policies matters p. 24 / Susan Himmelweit and Mary-Ann Stephenson

4 How should we manage inflation? p. 29 / John Weeks

5 What should guide monetary policy? p. 34 / Jan Toporowski

6 Does the UK really have too much debt? p. 38 / John Weeks

7 The macroeconomic role of progressive taxation p. 43 / John Weeks

8 How do we build a fairer tax system? p. 46 / Richard Murphy

9 Should we have fiscal rules? p. 49 / Jeremy Smith

Interlude: Has privatisation come off the rails? p. 55 / Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies

Part 2 Public investment - Prioritising society rather than profit: Introduction p. 57 / Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies

1 How could we build competitive new UK industries? p. 60 / Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies

2 Reindustrialising the UK p. 65 / Antonio Andreoni and Ha-Joon Chang

3 How can labour law be the instrument of progressive economic policy? p. 70 / Keith D. Ewing and John Hendy QC

4 Wage policy and public investment for sustainable development p. 76 / Özlem Onaran

5 How do we build a sustainable economy? p. 80 / Dan O'Neill

6 Investing in social infrastructure p. 84 / Susan Himmelweit

7 Why should the railway be renationalised? p. 89 / Jeff Tan

8 How can we fix the broken energy sector? p. 93 / Hulya Dagdeviren

Interlude: Why should citizens invest in losses, rather than for profit? p. 97 / Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies

Part 3 Making finance work for society: Introduction p. 99 / Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies

1 Why the UK needs a much better Companies Act p. 104 / Simon Deakin

2 What should be the limits to limited liability? p. 109 / Colin Haslam

3 Why do we need publicly listed companies? p. 112 / Alan Shipman

4 How can citizens' wealth funds address the problem of inequality? p. 117 / Stewart Lansley

5 How can finance better serve the real economy? p. 122 / Alan Shipman

6 How can we channel credit to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? p. 128 / John Marlow

7 What can we learn from Germany's national development bank? p. 132 / Stephany Griffith-Jones and Natalya Naqvi

Interlude: Safe as (council) houses... p. 136 / Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies

Part 4 Genuine social security: Introduction p. 138 / Susan Himmelweit

1 How can we tackle the UK's private debt crisis? p. 141 / Johnna Montgomerie

2 How can we address the concerns of renters, without crashing house prices? p. 147 / Beth Stratford and Duncan McCann

3 How do we make occupational pension funds fit for purpose? p. 154 / Bruno Bonizzi and Jennifer Churchill

4 How can we stop the social security system aggravating mental distress? p. 159 / John Grahl

5 Reconstructing social security p. 165 / Simon Deakin

6 How could Universal Basic Income (UBI) improve social security? p. 170 / Stewart Lansley and Howard Reed

7 Would Universal Basic Income (UBI) address the causes of inequality, ill-being and injustice? p. 173 / Ian Gough

Interlude: What is 'social' infrastructure - and why does it matter so much? p. 178 / Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies

Part 5 How to provide for social needs: Introduction p. 180 / Susan Himmelweit

1 How can we stop privatisation of public services? p. 184 / Leslie Huckfield

2 What has the market done to the English NHS and with what should we replace it? p. 190 / Pauline Allen

3 What's the best way to tackle health inequalities? p. 195 / Kate Pickett

4 What's the best way of delivering social care? p. 199 / Jane Lethbridge

5 How do we make drug prices an easier pill for the NHS to swallow? p. 202 / Dean Baker

6 How much would high-quality childcare cost and how would we pay for it? p. 206 / Jerome De Henau

7 What should be done about private schools? p. 211 / Francis Green and David Kynaston

8 How do we make lifelong learning a reality for all? p. 216 / Liz Marr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

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ebook version :

ISBN:

1447352521

9781447352525

Publisher Number:

40029434357

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