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...social-security and pension funds) can never run out of money if they retain a sovereign currency, has moved from the fringes of economics to be taken seriously by the mainstream. While MMT was at first associated with the political left, centrist and conservative governments are emerging as its major beneficiaries. The Trump administration, which chastised its...

...social backgrounds of the children we imprison. Transcript More than four out of 10 (46% of children in prison) were from BAME backgrounds in 2018. This is a significant rise in BAME child prisoners from 2007 when it was 24%. As there are relatively small numbers of children in custody, a small increase or decrease in the numbers of BAME children in custody can make a...

...social and political history that do not refer in some way or another to the events of Red Clydeside. As highlighted in these pages, the controversy around the meaning of Red Clydeside for trade unionists, historians, academics and political activists remains a potent source of political debate. The Red Clyde has also become an important historical symbol of working-class...

...social needs. The new bill, which had its first reading in the House of Commons on February 23, acknowledges that prisons are a revolving door where prisoners repeatedly return to prison, but doesn’t mention that many violent offenders are first incarcerated for non-violent property or drugs offences. Nearly half of all adult prisoners are reconvicted within one year of...

...social and political processes that seek to organise them into one of two demoralising categories: ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’. The statutory homeless assessment framework in the UK functions in ways that seek to divide homeless people into categories of ‘priority need’, and ‘intentionally’ or ‘unintentionally’ homeless. It’s a highly technical and...