Stephen Beer Articles

Within Ed Miliband’s speech arguing for more bank reform last week was a little-noticed reference to the need for a British investment bank. He stated that since Labour does not believe ‘the banks we already have will be equal to the task of lending enough to small...

Bank ringfencing is not only a false hope - it is nowhere near ambitious enough. I know Stephen Beer would be embarrassed if I called him one of the Labour party's most valuable and underused resources, but there it is. His pamphlet on the economic credibility problem...

Across Europe voters – the people – are reacting against the harsh measures their leaders have decreed are essential for their economic survival.  Elections in France and Greece have not shown simply that people have stuck their heads in the sand and refused to face...

Labour has spent years now worrying about how to gain credibility on economic policy. Meanwhile, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are making a good job of losing it. The UK now appears to be back in recession.  Ahead lies the risk that the economy will go...