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The Coming Crisis: secular stagnation for the UK?
Current economic trends suggest the UK may need to be prepared for a period of weak, and potentially zero economic growth Jonathan Perraton, Associate Fellow, SPERI, & Senior Lecturer in Economics,...
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The Coming Crisis: systemic stabilization and the investment state
A new ‘investment state’ is needed to provide stability in the new uncertain political economy of shadow money, financial instability and demand deficiency Andrew Baker, Honorary Research Fellow,...
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The Democratic primaries in the shadow of neoliberalism
The Clinton/Sanders battle exposes the challenge of the centre-left to overcome its pre-crisis accommodation with neoliberalism David Coates, Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest...
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Authoritarian but Flexible: Turkey and recent labour market reforms
The AKP’s reforms to ‘flexibilise’ the labour market will weaken workers’ rights and further consolidate authoritarian neoliberalism in Turkey Mehmet Erman Erol, Department of Politics, University of...
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Resisting Labour Reforms in France
The current industrial action will test the ‘reactionary radicalism’ of French unions and the Government’s ability to introduce reforms Heather Connolly, Senior Lecturer in Leicester Business School at...
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After Brexit where next for UK employment rights?
The new Conservative government could rewrite employment rights, what happens now will depend on whether pragmatism or ideology prevails Jason Heyes, Associate Fellow of SPERI & Professor of...
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Growth and degradation in UK apparel manufacturing
Low paid, precarious and informal employment is commonplace in a sector shaped by new regulatory regimes and global manufacturing trends Nikolaus Hammer, Lecturer in Work and Employment, University of...
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The CBI, British business and employment rights after Brexit
Brexit undermines the CBI’s EU engagement strategy. British business now faces a dilemma about how to influence social and employment policy Scott Lavery, SPERI Research Fellow In the run-up to the EU...
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The world as we know it is a world that never was
Donald Trump’s election reminds us that world order is based on American imperial power, not liberal ideals – the American empire’s unravelling will now be accelerated Craig Berry, Deputy Director at...
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Brazil on the edge: rhetoric and reality in Rousseff’s impeachment proceedings
Despite claims of a coup, Brazilian democracy has proved more resilient so far than the country’s crumbling economy Giselle Datz, Associate Professor of Government & International Affairs, Virginia...
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