Ann Pettifor

Ann Pettifor

Political economist, author and public speaker

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To stabilise the ecosystem, we must first transform the international financial system.

/ Globalisation, International Financial System, Keynes, Market-based Finance, Uncategorized

I have a chapter in a new book, Economic Policies for Sustainability and Resilience, edited by Professors Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer and published by Palgrave Macmillan. (Details here: eBook ISBN 978-3-030-84288-8 Print ISBN 978-3-030-84287-1). As I argue in an abstract for my chapter: “the intent of financial globalisation, like the gold standard, is to …

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Pettifor’s Case for A Green New Deal – the Ecologist

/ Green New Deal, International Financial Architecture, Uncategorized

By Brendan Montagu, editor of The Ecologist,  26 October, 2021: Economist Ann Pettifor predicted the 2008 economic crash. And predicted a ‘shuddering shock’ just ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out what she sees coming next…   The value of an economic theory is that it might allow us to predict what is going to …

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My new commercial venture: radical, clean, decentralised energy for UK communities

/ Climate Change, Ecosystem, Environment, Uncategorized

At a time when Britain and Europe are experiencing a dire energy crisis, and in what is a new direction for me, I have joined A-Deus, an innovative, community- based clean energy company as chair of the board of directors. I have done so for a number of reasons. It is clear that if the …

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Build back better? Rebalancing the global economy

/ Austerity, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Economic Orthodoxy, Ecosystem, Uncategorized

My book reviews of WHAT WE OWE EACH OTHER by Minouche Shafik, GO BIG by Ed Milliband and RESCUE by Ian Goldin, were published by the Times Literary Supplement on 10 September, 2021.  In the preface to What We Owe Each Other, Minouche Shafik quotes the opening line of W. B. Yeats’s famous poem, “The …

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Britain, Korea and humanity’s life support systems.

/ Bretton Woods, Capital Flows, Climate Change, Ecosystem, Fiscal Conservatives, Fiscal Deficit, Globalisation, Uncategorized

This was my contribution to a publication of the Korean Labor Institute, 19th July, 2021 Since 2014 the world has endured the seven hottest years in recorded history. The wildfires, heatwaves, droughts and intense flooding that currently afflict rich and poor countries alike, are, scientists explain, the consequence of this heating. Children, led by Greta …

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NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGMS

/ Climate Change, Economic Orthodoxy, Ecosystem, Environment, Europe, Globalisation, Trade, Uncategorized

The following by yours truly was prepared for the Progressive Governance Digital Summit on 10th June, 2021.  The COVID19 crisis illuminated the reality of globalisation. World leaders proved incapable of convening an international summit to prevent the spread of the pandemic and to collaborate on a vaccine for the world’s people – the 99%.  However, …

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A new internationalism on the terms of labour

/ Bretton Woods, Economic Orthodoxy, Ecosystem, Globalisation, International Financial System, Keynes, Uncategorized

  This article was written for the Brussels-based Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and published here on the 7th June, 2021. If progressive European political parties are to achieve both relevance and electoral success, a paradigm shift is required: away from Social Democracy’s attachment to financialised globalisation. If they aim to defeat nationalism, and …

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To restructure the British state, the international financial system must be transformed.

/ Capital Flows, Central Banks, Climate Change, Covid19, Economic Orthodoxy, Globalisation, International Financial System, Uncategorized

I contributed the following to a book – THE RETURN OF THE STATE –  published by the Progressive Economy Forum (PEF) and launched on 19 May, 2021.  The Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated one important truth. The international financial system is designed on terms that suit the owners of capital, not on terms that suit nation …

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For the Age of Economics podcast: The International Financial System

/ Economic Orthodoxy, International Financial Architecture, International Financial System, Neo-liberal Economics, Uncategorized

The objectives of this project, The Age of Economics, are to shed light on the most salient challenges facing human civilization, explore the role of economics and the inner workings of capitalism, and heighten people’s awareness of both the economic system in which they live and work, and the role of economics in understanding this ever-changing system.