Danisha Kazi

The Bank of England and the slave trade – why apologies are not enough

23 July, 2020
The Bank of England recently issued an apology for its ties with the slave trade. But notably, while accepting that former directors and members did profit from slavery, there was an effort to maintain the innocence of the institution. This demands a deeper look into the role of the Bank in driving and benefitting from [...]

It’s time to champion the visible hand

14 July, 2020
The government’s mini summer budget announced last week, reveals a stubborn ideological commitment to the free market above all else. The Chancellor’s failure to develop a significant plan of new spending suggests he is still betting on a V-shaped recovery. This wholly underestimates the profound nature of the crisis in which ongoing uncertainty prevents households [...]

Unemployment is the next crisis – we cannot repeat the mistakes of the 1980s

30 June, 2020
With unemployment predicted to skyrocket, the pandemic has brought into sharp focus the underlying fragilities of the UK labour market. Decades of deregulation and eroding trade union power has lowered standards and depressed wage growth for a generation. We cannot repeat the mistakes of the 1980s. The priority now must be a worker-centred approach to [...]

Government debt and Covid-19 – why there’s no need to worry

2 June, 2020
It is inevitable that UK government debt will rise above pre-pandemic levels as government spending is stepped up, but there are good reasons not to fear such a scenario, and the pressure to return to austerity should be strongly resisted. The focus must be on boosting the recovery and reshaping the economy towards one that [...]