http://www.stephenbeer.com/Groups/110415/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economy.aspx Latest articles from Economy, Stephen Beer 2010, Stephen Beer en Insight by Endis, www.endis.com 1440 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/205926/Stephen_Beer/Economy/IMF_downgrades_UK.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/205926/Stephen_Beer/Economy/IMF_downgrades_UK.aspx Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT Almost all economic forecasts are bunk... By Progress, 9 July 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/205535/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Outlook_grim_forecast.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/205535/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Outlook_grim_forecast.aspx Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT The impact of the Tory-LibDem Coalition's first Budget. By Tribune, 2 July 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/204045/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Progressive_opposition.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/204045/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Progressive_opposition.aspx Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT The leadership candidates need to remind themselves and the public that the deficit was caused by responsible action in dire straits, but also prepare a progressive economic policy without simply opposing everything. By Progress, 23 June 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/201402/Stephen_Beer/Economy/The_Coalitions_cuts.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/201402/Stephen_Beer/Economy/The_Coalitions_cuts.aspx Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT Unfortunately, the new Government's economic policies are entirely what they seem. Labour needs to be wise about how it oposes them. By Tribune, 4 June 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/195930/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economic_policy_and.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/195930/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economic_policy_and.aspx Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT The moral compass at the heart of each party's economic policies should be studied carefully. By Christian Socialist Movement, 28 April 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/194161/Stephen_Beer/Economy/The_economy_back.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/194161/Stephen_Beer/Economy/The_economy_back.aspx Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT New data will train a spotlight on the economy this week, but should not knock Labour's narrative off course. By Progress 19 April 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/192234/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Budget_2010_Darling.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/192234/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Budget_2010_Darling.aspx Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT The Budget will put Labour values into practice, while the Tories are hidebound by outdated dogma By Tribune 2 April 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/191742/Stephen_Beer/Economy/The_Chancellor_and.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/191742/Stephen_Beer/Economy/The_Chancellor_and.aspx Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT The Channel 4 debate between the three men who want to be Chancellor after the General Election contained no fireworks. However, it did give us a sense of how the debate on the economy might pan out during the campaign. By Progress, 30 March 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/191420/Stephen_Beer/Economy/A_battle_and.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/191420/Stephen_Beer/Economy/A_battle_and.aspx Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Budget was what we needed, and progressives need to do some hard thinking. By Progress, 26 March 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/190245/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Churches_speak_out.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/190245/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Churches_speak_out.aspx Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A new report says we should look at the ratio between the highest and the lowest paid in a company. By 18 March 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/179916/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Its_time_to.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/179916/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Its_time_to.aspx Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT President Obama's bank plan is a good one and Britain should follow suit. By Tribune 29 January 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/179355/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Obama_bank_reforms.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/179355/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Obama_bank_reforms.aspx Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Labour must grasp the nettle of separating banking activities By Progress 25 January 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/176773/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Credit_where_its.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/176773/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Credit_where_its.aspx Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT While the Tories talk down Britain's economy, Labour has been steering the responsible course. By Tribune 8 January 2010 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/175524/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Darlings_decisions_the.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/175524/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Darlings_decisions_the.aspx Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Labour has got the politics and economics correct, but tough choices still lie ahead. By Tribune, 18th December 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/174438/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economics_and_politics.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/174438/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economics_and_politics.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Initial reaction to the 2009 Pre Budget Report. By 10 December 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/172893/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economic_indicators.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/172893/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economic_indicators.aspx Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ONS Stats http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/172181/Stephen_Beer/Economy/ABC_at_the.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/172181/Stephen_Beer/Economy/ABC_at_the.aspx Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Archbishop promoted virtue but sometimes financial institutions can work against it. By Guardian Comment is Free, 18th November 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171498/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Regulation_of_the.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171498/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Regulation_of_the.aspx Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gordon Brown's G20 speech was bold – but we need to go further and separate risky banking activities from retail. By Guardian Comment is Free, 10th November 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171501/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Labour_Positives_Tory.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171501/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Labour_Positives_Tory.aspx Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT The political conference season revealed a great deal about what the parties think about the financial crisis and the economy. By Tribune, 23rd October 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171503/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Institutional_Reform.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171503/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Institutional_Reform.aspx Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT News about large bank bonuses is shocking and it demonstrates that the banking system still needs reform. A progressive party such as Labour should be up to the task. By Progress Online, 21st October 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171601/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Casino_banking_should.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171601/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Casino_banking_should.aspx Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT The financial crisis we have just been through caused a sharp and deep recession. For the first time for a generation, the global economy itself shrank slightly. For tens of millions of people around the world that has meant unemployment. By Compass Online, 19th October 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171495/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Banking_a_matter.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171495/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Banking_a_matter.aspx Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT With stock markets reaching new highs and some banks recruiting again there is the distinct impression that things are going back to "business as usual". By Guardian Comment is Free, 14th October 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/172524/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Cuts_and_trust.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/172524/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Cuts_and_trust.aspx Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Labour got it right while the Tories were wrong, so the economic fight must not be on their ground By Tribune 2 October 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171493/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Morals_and_markets.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/171493/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Morals_and_markets.aspx Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Banks must learn to embed a sense of the common good in their activities if they are not to be socially harmful. By Guardian Comment is Free, 30th September 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/174446/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Bounce_back_hope.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/174446/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Bounce_back_hope.aspx Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT What Labour policies should be in the recession. By Tribune 15th May 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/174443/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Budget_2009.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/174443/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Budget_2009.aspx Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Progressive moments in the age of austerity. By Tribune 1 May 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165117/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Time_for_a.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165117/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Time_for_a.aspx Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT We'll need time to say whether our chancellor did the right thing yesterday. Debt relief, according to the biblical principle of jubilee, might have been a good place to start. By Guardian Comment is Free, 23rd April 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/205041/Stephen_Beer/Economy/G20_we_need.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/205041/Stephen_Beer/Economy/G20_we_need.aspx Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:00:00 GMT As Brown and Rudd made clear at St Paul's Cathedral yesterday, we need values to underpin the way we conduct market activity. By Guardian Comment is Free, 1 April 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165164/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Can_the_politicians.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165164/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Can_the_politicians.aspx Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Amidst the battle to prevent a global depression, never have so many economies expected so much from so few people as next week when the leaders of the G20 meet in London. By Tribune, 27 March 2009 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165158/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Making_the_least.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165158/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Making_the_least.aspx Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The latest news on unemployment is grim. This will continue to be a year of difficult choices and high economic stakes. By Tribune 27/03/09 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165113/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Jobs_to_do.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165113/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Jobs_to_do.aspx Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Labour has rescued the banking system. Now it's time to tackle the spectre of rapidly rising unemployment. By Guardian Comment is Free 01/03/09 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165167/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Recession_Labour_must.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165167/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Recession_Labour_must.aspx Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Can New Labour survive a recession? We might be about to discover the answer. By Tribune 01/08/08 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165184/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Flip_Charge.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165184/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Flip_Charge.aspx Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT If we cannot prevent another financial crisis, banks should pay the taxpayer an insurance premium. By Progress Online 18 April 2008 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165188/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Keep_Calm_and.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165188/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Keep_Calm_and.aspx Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Financial markets have continued to be dysfunctional. But to loose our nerve would be a mistake. By Tribune April 08 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165190/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Labour_s_economic.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165190/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Labour_s_economic.aspx Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Newly released documents shed light on how a Labour Chancellor ran a pay policy thirty years ago. Then, as now, the government was concerned with expectations of future inflation. By Tribune 1 February 2008 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165193/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economic_Challenges_in.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165193/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Economic_Challenges_in.aspx Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT What is Labour’s economic policy? What does it mean to the average voter? These are vital questions and will become more so in the months ahead. By Tribune January 2008 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165183/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Political_Hazard.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165183/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Political_Hazard.aspx Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT What can we say, after Labour Conference week, on the financial crisis that has engulfed Northern Rock? What we saw on Friday, September 14 was an old-fashioned run on a British bank. By Progress 1 October 2007 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165195/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Northern_Rock_and.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165195/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Northern_Rock_and.aspx Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Banks attract the brightest talents and employ them to the full. In the City they are referred to as ‘rocket scientists’. Therefore we should not be surprised that banks regularly find new and exciting ways to run into trouble. By Tribune October 2007 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165196/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Turbulent_Times.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165196/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Turbulent_Times.aspx Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Barring a financial crisis, central banks are unlikely to cut rates unless they can see a direct economic impact. Government policy has to continue to focus on economic stability and an investment orientated environment for the long term. By Tribune 13 August 2007 http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165151/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Dont_blame_Brown.aspx http://www.stephenbeer.com/Articles/165151/Stephen_Beer/Economy/Dont_blame_Brown.aspx Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Stephen Beer says Labour should be proud of the Chancellor's 10-year stewardship of the economy and the responsibility for pension shortfalls lies elsewhere By Tribune 13 April 2007