New Economics Foundation

Blog Can words change the world? How do you change the world? Are words enough? Or are they just the icing on the cake? By Sofie Jenkinson, Margaret Welsh 23 December 2022 How do you change the world? Are words enough? Or are...

Publications The New Economics Zine: Issue 5 Can words change the world? 23 December 2022 Download the zine We’re really excited to share the fifth issue of the New Economics Zine with you. This issue takes a look at whether words can change...

Publications NEF review of the year 2022 Highlights from the last 12 months 19 December 2022 Download the review It’s been a difficult year for most of us, with bills skyrocketing, public services crumbling and the impacts of climate breakdown...

Blog Making polluters pay How the Emissions Trading Scheme should be harnessed to benefit people and climate By Alex Chapman 18 December 2022 The fossil fuel emergency is escalating, driving a cost of living scandal at home, and intensifying...

Blog 8 reasons to share the wealth The richest few are taking too much – it’s time to share the wealth we all create. By Clifford Singer 15 December 2022 The richest few are taking too much, leaving the rest of us struggling to get by, starving...

Publications The national living income Guaranteeing a decent minimum income for all By Sam Tims, Alfie Stirling 12 December 2022 Download the report The crises of...

Blog The victim-blaming culture of housing associations has trickled down from the government There are 940,000 homes in England with damp and mould. This government should take a healthy share of responsibility for this. By Heather Kennedy 30 November 2022...

Videos The Cost of Living The communities fighting back – a film by Greenpeace in partnership with the New Economics Foundation 22 November 2022 [embedded content] Neglected by the government, and facing enormous energy bills, more and more people...

Blog The environment is paying the price for bad economic advice How second-rate economic analysis proliferates in the UK’s planning system By Alex Chapman 21 November 2022 Back in the 1940s US president Harry Truman bemoaned the tendency of...

Blog The UK is in a crisis of living standards, not public finances The government isn't fixing the public finances, it's worsening the recession By Alfie Stirling, Dominic Caddick 16 November 2022 The country is once again in...