15th October 2018 The NHS can drive positive economic, social and environmental outcomes through changing how it employs, procures, and uses land and other assets, as well as how it travels and burns carbon. This potential is particularly high at a local level where hospitals and other healthcare sites act as ‘anchor institutions’ – byContinue reading “Greener hospitals, healthier communities (UK Health Alliance on Climate Change)”
Author Archives: Laurie
Moving Beyond the Air Quality Crisis (UK Health Alliance on Climate Change)
5th October 2018 This report from the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change explored the causes of the air quality health problem in the UK and provided a comprehensive strategy for overcoming it.
Video: How Do We Democratise Data?
Mathew Lawrence and I talk about our new IPPR report: The Digital Commonwealth: From private enclosure to collective benefit.
Interview: ‘Drive to combat fake news could give tech firms more muscle’
I was interviewed by Sky News about the power of the big digital platforms and what to do about it: https://news.sky.com/story/drive-to-combat-fake-news-could-give-tech-firms-more-muscle-11511880
Quote: Is the future of the economy a doughnut?
I spoke with Ozy about Kate Raworth’s doughnut model: https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/is-the-future-of-the-economy-a-doughnut/88546/
Presentation: Paradigms Shifts and Major Economic Institutions
Along with Michael Jacobs and Laurie Macfarlane, I gave a presentation at the OECD on how economic ideas and policies have changed and are changing in major institutions: http://www.oecd.org/naec/10-years-after-the-crisis/M_Jacobs_NAEC_13-Sept_2018.pdf
A world of digital plenty is possible, but only if we take on the data barons
What links Donald Trump, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Corbyn? Answer: over the last couple of months, they’ve all sought to capture the political energy from the seemingly endless sequence of tech giant scandals. Trump has tweeted about a supposed (unfounded) anti-right-wing bias in Google searches. In the UK, Javid has warned of tech firms’ record on child safety,Continue reading “A world of digital plenty is possible, but only if we take on the data barons”
The Digital Commonwealth: From private enclosure to collective benefit (IPPR)
7th September 2018 Digital technology is delivering a huge range of benefits to businesses, citizens and wider society. Platforms – online applications that intermediate between the provider of a service and its users – have unlocked many of these benefits by sorting and connecting an enormous range of services and products, both online and off.Continue reading “The Digital Commonwealth: From private enclosure to collective benefit (IPPR)”
Prosperity and justice: A plan for the new economy – IPPR Commission on Economic Justice final report
5th September 2018 Established in autumn 2016 in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the aim of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice was to examine the challenges facing the UK economy and to recommend proposals for reform. Commissioners come from across the economy and society and from different political viewpoints,Continue reading “Prosperity and justice: A plan for the new economy – IPPR Commission on Economic Justice final report”
Quote: Air pollution may claim 36,000 lives a year in UK
I spoke with the BMJ about the health toll of air pollution in the UK: https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3632.full
Laurie Laybourn 