How come, right now, in some parts of the UK you can meet your friends and family in a restaurant but you can’t in your own garden? Sound …
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Positive Money response to GDP figures: Gov must steer clear of putting private wealth ahead of public health
Responding to figures published today by the ONS which show GDP fell by 20.4% in April, and 10.4% in the three months to April, Fran Boait, …
Govt should put public health ahead of private wealth: Positive Money response to GDP figures
Responding to the ONS’ estimate that GDP fell by 2% from January until the end of March, and 5.8% in March, Fran Boait, executive director …
A majority agree: public health before economic growth
It’s official: a majority of people want the government to prioritise health and wellbeing over economic growth - a YouGov poll we …
The Tragedy of Growth – New Positive Money Report and Webinar
As Covid-19 takes its toll on GDP figures, we must avoid a return to the kind of policymaking that chases economic growth above all else. In …
Gov must not be pressured by growth figures to endanger lives: Positive Money response to GDP figures
Responding to figures published today by the ONS which showed GDP grew by just 0.1% in the three months to February, Fran Boait, executive …
Now’s the time to stop worshipping the false god of GDP
We must resist GDP-based arguments which attempt to justify a less stringent public health response to Covid-19. As we emerge from this …