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The Bank of England in the City of London
SEEING today’s headlines on economic growth figures in the ruling-class and state media, you would think that Britain had just entered a period of economic boom, unprecedented for decades.
But as working people can plainly see from their daily lives, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
The just perceptible 0.6 per cent rise in GDP might be enough for Tory spin doctors to harp about exiting recession in the run-up to the general election, but it means nothing for working people who continue to be ground down by stagnant wages and the spiralling cost of living.
The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Our economic system is broken – and unless we break with the government’s obsession with short-termist private profit, things are destined to get worse, warns Mercedes Villalba