Plan B - A good economy for a good society -
Howard Reed, Neal Lawson:
Howard Reed and Neal Lawson supported by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Compass edited this report, which lays down a vision of an alternative political economy as the British government's 'Plan A' is actually making Britain's economic situation worse.
The report proposes short term emergency measures like reversing cuts to get the economy moving again, directing quantitative easing to a Green New Deal and creating a British Investment Bank to leverage investment in low carbon sectors such as housing, transport and renewable energy.
Plan B is also about laying the long term economic foundations for the good society. The report has an emphasis on the ‘core economy’ of families and outlines policies for a rebalancing of time spent working and ‘living’. It also argues that we should be moving beyond viewing ‘GDP’ as the sole measure of economic success.
Please click here to read the report.