New Economy Brief is a weekly newsletter bringing together credible analysis and proposals on how to build a fairer, more sustainable and more resilient economy.
Over the last decade the world has experienced a series of profound economic problems - from the financial crash to the climate crisis, from rising inequality to the far-reaching impact of the Covid pandemic. Across the political spectrum many people are now arguing for fundamental changes to the way our economies work and how they are governed.
At the same time there has been a flourishing of new economic thinking: both analysis of the way the economy has been changing, and proposals for how it can be redesigned. Some new policies and ways of organising business and society are already being put into practice; many others are being powerfully advocated.
New Economy Brief summarises robust, credible analysis to help you navigate political debate.
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Sharan Burrow was elected General Secretary of the ITUC in 2010, having formerly been its founding President. Originally a teacher, she was elected President of the Australian Education Union in 1992 and in 2000 President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. She has served as a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation and is a member or ambassador of a number of international commissions on climate action, industrial transition and economic reform.
Thomas Fricke established Forum for a New Economy in Berlin in 2019 as a community of economists and leaders in Europe engaging with the world’s most significant challenges. He was formerly Chief Economist at the European Climate Foundation and before that Chief Economist of Financial Times Deutschland, for whom he wrote a widely-read weekly column. He has been awarded the Franco-German Prize for Journalism and his book Wieviel Bank Braucht der Mensch? (How Much Bank Do We Need?) won the getAbstract International Book Award.
Daniela Gabor is an expert on the financial system and monetary policy. Her research and writing focuses on shadow banking and its implications for monetary theory, central banking, and financial regulation; the involvement of transnational banks in policy on capital controls and crisis management, particularly in emerging markets; and the policies of the International Monetary Fund. She is the author of Central Banking and Financialization (2010).
Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for nearly 35 years, and is the author of around 200 scholarly articles. She has authored and/or edited 20 books, including The Making of a Catastrophe: Covid-19 and the Indian Economy (forthcoming 2021), Women Workers in the Informal Economy (2021) and the Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development (2014). The recipient of several awards, she has advised governments in India and elsewhere, consulted for a number of international organisations including ILO, UNDP, UNCTAD and UN Women, and is a member of several international boards and commissions.
Susan Himmelweit is a feminist economist whose research focuses on the gender implications of economic and social policy, the economics and policy of caring and intra-household inequalities. She was the founding Chair of the UK Women's Budget Group, a think tank that analyses the gender impact of government policy, and a past President of the International Association for Feminist Economics. She has served on various advisory boards and commissions, including the Equality and Human Rights Commission and WBG’s Commission on a Gender Equal Economy.
Tim Jackson is an ecological economist and Director of the multidisciplinary Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP). His books include Prosperity without Growth (2009/2017) which has been translated into 17 languages and was named as a Financial Times ‘book of the year’, and Post Growth – Life after Capitalism (2021). His current research focuses on building a new ecological macroeconomics. He has advised the UK Government, the United Nations, the European Commission, numerous NGOs, private companies and foundations. He is also a playwright.
Dani Rodrik has published widely in the areas of economic development, international economics and political economy. His current research focuses on employment and economic growth, in both developing and advanced economies. The recipient of numerous awards, he is currently President of the International Economic Association and co-director of the Economics for Inclusive Prosperity network. His books include Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy (2017), Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science (2015), and The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy (2011).
Julia Steinberger researches and teaches in the interdisciplinary areas of ecological economics and industrial ecology. Her research examines the connections between resource use (energy and materials, greenhouse gas emissions) and societal performance (economic activity and human wellbeing). She is the recipient of a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award for her research project ‘Living Well Within Limits’. She is Lead Author for the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report Working Group 3.
Chris Turner leads B Lab UK, a charity which certifies businesses (B Corps) that demonstrate the best environmental and social impact and seeks to build a global network of B Corps businesses and leaders. Having begun his career in marketing, he led two successful startups, and built a portfolio of innovative international development projects for a major foundation. Prior to joining B Lab UK, Chris led an Open Innovation consultancy practice, advising a wide range of clients on innovation and strategy. He has worked in the US, Europe and Africa.
Felicia Wong leads the Roosevelt Institute, a US think tank, student network, and nonprofit partner to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Her own research focuses on post-neoliberal thought and the intersection of race, economics and social stratification. She is the author of The Emerging Worldview: How New Progressivism Is Moving Beyond Neoliberalism (2020) and co-author of The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy (2017). She is a regular contributor to the US media.
Bevis Watts heads Triodos Bank UK, the wholly-owned UK subsidiary of Triodos Bank, a global leader in sustainable banking. He has spent over 20 years working on sustainability in the private, public and voluntary sectors, including as Chief Executive of Avon Wildlife Trust and Head of Business Support at the Waste and Resource Action Programme (WRAP). He was inaugural Chair of the West of England Nature Partnership. Advisory roles have included the steering committees for the Banking Futures project and the UK government's taskforce on impact investing.
