Contents

pp v-viii

Contributors

pp ix-xii

Preface

pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction

pp 1-18

Part I - Foundations

pp 19-20

2 - Rentier capitalism: the role of finance in the macroeconomy

pp 21-34

3 - Post-pandemic health and well-being: putting equality at the heart of recovery

pp 35-44

4 - A second internationalism of labour

pp 45-58

Part II - The public service sectors

pp 59-60

5 - Affordable housing and a stronger economy

pp 61-70

6 - Post-Covid national health and care policies to ensure universal services

pp 71-82

7 - Reforming social care through a care-led recovery

pp 83-94

8 - The post-pandemic provision of education in the United Kingdom

pp 95-110

Part III - Reform of corporate governance, industrial strategy and finance

pp 111-112

9 - An ownership revolution

pp 113-124

10 - Industrial strategy for post-Covid Britain: a renewed public purpose for the state and business

pp 125-136

11 - Restoring pensions collectivism: a new public pension for the UK

pp 137-146

12 - When the invisible hand fails, the visible hand should step in! Urgent need for a UK National Investment Bank

pp 147-154

Part IV - Tackling poverty and inequality

pp 155-156

13 - Revive the commons!

pp 157-166

14 - The people’s stake: inequality and “asset redistribution”

pp 167-176

15 - Over-leveraged households need debt relief

pp 177-188

16 - Reforming benefits: introducing a guaranteed income floor

pp 189-198

Part V - A progressive recovery

pp 199-200

17 - To restructure the British state, the international financial system must be transformed

pp 201-210

18 - Coronavirus and the national debt

pp 211-222

19 - Progressive tax reform

pp 223-232

20 - A progressive recovery

pp 233-242

Index

pp 243-245