Prosperity and Justice – A Plan for the New Economy

IPPR author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Polity Press

Published:8th Feb '19

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The Final Report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice

The UK economy is broken. It no longer provides rising living standards for the majority. Young people face an increasingly insecure future. The gap between rich and poor areas is widening. Meanwhile the rise of giant digital companies, the advance of automation, and catastrophic environmental degradation challenge the very foundations of our economic model.

This important book analyses these profound challenges and sets out a bold vision for change. The report of a group of leading figures from across British society, it explains how the deep weaknesses of the UK economy reflect profound imbalances of economic power. Its radical policy agenda for the 2020s includes new missions to drive productivity and innovation, an overhaul of our financial system, and reforms to improve wages, job quality and the redistribution of wealth.

Ten years after the financial crisis, as the UK confronts the challenge of Brexit, this is an urgent and compelling account of the reforms needed to build a new economy of prosperity, justice and environmental sustainability. It will set the terms of political and economic debate for years to come.

"The Commission makes an irrefutable case that British economic performance must improve, and then suggests a suite of original initiatives aimed at doing just that - Overall this is the most impressive, authoritative and compelling economic analysis and accompanying prescriptions in recent times."
Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford College Oxford and Observer columnist

"An inspiration for all those in the UK and elsewhere who are trying to chart a new course for inclusive prosperity."
Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University

ISBN: 9781509534982

Dimensions: 227mm x 139mm x 24mm

Weight: 530g

220 pages