Comment piece in The Guardian on the hypocritical responses to Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-budget”
‘In Britain today, it seems your suffering only counts if you have a mortgage’
‘The era of low interest rates is ending – its legacy is inequality and toxic politics’
Comment piece for The Guardian, on the end of the era of ultra-cheap money, and who ultimately benefited from it.
‘Stagnation Nation’
Article in the London Review of Books on the decline of the UK economy as the backdrop to the current Tory leadership election.
Punishing the young serves Johnson’s politics of nostalgia
Guardian comment piece on derisory ‘catch-up’ funding and failure to recognise the sacrifices made by children.
‘Johnson’s Tories are reaping the rewards of an economy built on house prices’
Comment piece for The Guardian, on the political and cultural consequences of Britain’s post-2008 model of capitalism, in which all the gains go to asset-owners.
Succession Economics – new working paper
My new working paper on the politics and economics of inheritance, both in a public and a private sense, is now published online (and open access) by Centre for Understanding Prosperity.
The case for more progressive taxes
Piece written for Discover Society, on why the current mood of solidarity and empathy for the vulnerable should be converted into a new era of progressive fiscal policy.
Review of new Thomas Piketty book
I’ve reviewed Thomas Piketty’s Capital & Ideology for The Guardian.
‘Bloody Furious’
Review essay in the London Review of Books covering intergenerational politics in Britain over the past four years and Keir Milburn’s Generation Left.
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