Comments on: Build a green economy from the rubble of the greed economy http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/build-a-green-economy-from-the-rubble-of-the-greed-economy/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:46:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: The green shoot hunt turns to the unemployment figures | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/build-a-green-economy-from-the-rubble-of-the-greed-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2627 The green shoot hunt turns to the unemployment figures | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:02:55 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2930#comment-2627 [...] course it’s right to look at detailed economic statistics, but as Brendan argued earlier this week there are strong vested interests talking up a recovery that is extremely remote [...] [...] course it’s right to look at detailed economic statistics, but as Brendan argued earlier this week there are strong vested interests talking up a recovery that is extremely remote [...]

]]> By: UK Poverty Post http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/build-a-green-economy-from-the-rubble-of-the-greed-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2608 UK Poverty Post Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:37:25 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2930#comment-2608 <strong>Poverty in the media briefing - 16 June 2009...</strong> The coverage of Refugee Week grows with Community Links celebrating the contribution refugees make to Britain, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams defining the word refuge and Rahila Gupta writing in the Guardian of her support for the regulari... Poverty in the media briefing – 16 June 2009…

The coverage of Refugee Week grows with Community Links celebrating the contribution refugees make to Britain, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams defining the word refuge and Rahila Gupta writing in the Guardian of her support for the regulari…

]]> By: Peter Hall-Jones http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/build-a-green-economy-from-the-rubble-of-the-greed-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2595 Peter Hall-Jones Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:08:56 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2930#comment-2595 Well put! It's bizarre, the way so many commentators are bandying about terms such as 'decreasing decline'. With all the smoke & mirrors of the stimulus packages, surely this is the least we could have asked for! The fact is that at the end of the day, it's the exposure of workers' pensions that provided the world with an emergency handbrake. ie the risk has been spread over a longer period, and over a wider group, not reduced. Credit where credit is due... where's the leverage (in the good sense of the word) that should follow? It's fantastic to see so many unions reacting to the crisis with proposals that would democratise economics. Well put! It’s bizarre, the way so many commentators are bandying about terms such as ‘decreasing decline’. With all the smoke & mirrors of the stimulus packages, surely this is the least we could have asked for! The fact is that at the end of the day, it’s the exposure of workers’ pensions that provided the world with an emergency handbrake. ie the risk has been spread over a longer period, and over a wider group, not reduced. Credit where credit is due… where’s the leverage (in the good sense of the word) that should follow? It’s fantastic to see so many unions reacting to the crisis with proposals that would democratise economics.

]]> By: Charlie Marks http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/build-a-green-economy-from-the-rubble-of-the-greed-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-2594 Charlie Marks Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:41:29 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2930#comment-2594 At present, it's not looking good. Particularly with the failure of the UK govt to junk costly neoliberal policies like privatising Royal Mail and "welfare reform", and the possibility of the Tories taking over where they leave off, albeit with massive cuts in spending rather than investment in a Green New Deal to rescue our manufacturing base. At present, it’s not looking good. Particularly with the failure of the UK govt to junk costly neoliberal policies like privatising Royal Mail and “welfare reform”, and the possibility of the Tories taking over where they leave off, albeit with massive cuts in spending rather than investment in a Green New Deal to rescue our manufacturing base.

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