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The universities were warned…

September 28, 2020 January 17, 2021 / Covid19, Debt

On 8th April, 2019, I addressed the annual conference of the British Universities Finance Directors Group held at Royal Holloway College. The theme of my presentation was: “For how much longer is globalised, credit-fuelled ‘growth’ sustainable?” The assembled Treasurers and Finance Directors listened in respectful silence, but few questioned me after the presentation. My presentation …

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The duel: Should we aim to get the economy back to “business as usual”?

July 10, 2020 October 8, 2020 / Capital Flows, Climate Change, Covid19, Economic Orthodoxy, Globalisation, International Financial Architecture

The following debate between Paul Wallace and Ann Pettifor appeared in Prospect magazine on 10 July, 2020. Is our capitalist economy an unparalleled engine of prosperity, or a human and ecological disaster? Two contributors debate whether the system is worth saving Yes—Paul Wallace It is tempting, when living through a once-in-a-century event such …

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