The Fight Ahead
This is a guest post by Rhianna Ketley who blogs at The Public Woman Yesterday was the 101st International Women’s Day (IWD). Every year on this day, people come together to celebrate the achievements of women in history and the present. But it’s also an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the many ways in … Read more
A cure for the crisis? Tackle inequality
For decades now the consensus amongst those with the power to decide policy has been that inequality is key to spurring the competition needed to bring growth. While stagnating wages at the bottom were an unfortunate side-effect, the incentive of large rewards at the top would encourage the kind of risk-taking needed to create an … Read more
Money Outgrown Pt.2
In part one of this blog post I looked at Tim Jackson’s book Prosperity Without Growth. I argued that, while highly illuminating and refreshing in exploring the incompatibility of relentless economic growth and non-negotiable ecological limits placed on our activity, it fails to provide two things. First, a substantial account of what, in real economic and social terms, prosperity without … Read more
Solar Panels: Feed-in Inequality?
A few weeks ago I met a friend, Daniel Quiggin, at the Bristol Harbour Festival who was running a DIY solar panels workshop. Mentioning that my parents had recently installed solar panels on the family home in London, I sparked a long discussion about the economics of solar panels, the conclusions of which shocked me … Read more
The Bottom of The Pile
This is a cross post of my piece from the Young Greens Blog. A report by the High Pay Commission, launched today, suggests that the gap between Britain’s rich and everyone else is set to widen over the next twenty years. With the chief executives of the FTSE 100 earning an average of £4.2 million … Read more
