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About Laurie Macfarlane

Economist and writer based in Edinburgh. Economics editor at openDemocracy, and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London. Co-author of the critically acclaimed book ‘Rethinking the economics of Land and Housing’

Labour’s Brexit trilemma: the least bad outcome? (2)

December 22, 2018 by Laurie Macfarlane 2 Comments

Labour’s Brexit trilemma: the least bad outcome? (2)

One silver lining from the Brexit debacle is that the Tories have been exposed as deeply divided and hopelessly incompetent. If Labour can successfully exploit these divisions, there is a very real opportunity to put the Tories out of power for a generation.

Labour’s Brexit trilemma: the least bad outcome?

December 20, 2018 by Laurie Macfarlane Leave a Comment

Labour’s Brexit trilemma: the least bad outcome?

‘with the political calculus in parliament balanced on a knife-edge, the decisions taken by the Labour Party leadership over the coming weeks could have huge repercussions for the party, and for the country.’ Pt 1 of a new analysis

Solving housing crisis means fixing broken land economy

February 11, 2018 by Laurie Macfarlane 2 Comments

Solving housing crisis means fixing broken land economy

The long term-aim must be to return to a society where houses are viewed as somewhere to live, not as vehicles for accumulating wealth. This can’t happen overnight, and it won’t be easy. The task involves taking on the unholy alliance of private developers, banks and – most difficult of all – ordinary homeowners, many of whom now view ever rising house prices as normal and just.

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