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New Economics Foundation
BUILDING A NEW ECONOMY WHERE PEOPLE REALLY TAKE CONTROL.
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
BUILDING A NEW ECONOMY WHERE PEOPLE REALLY TAKE CONTROL.
OUR AGENDA FOR CHANGE
There has never been a greater need for a new economy or a more important moment to act than right now, because a storm that has been gathering for decades is firmly upon us.
Millions of people feel they have lost control over their lives and are now being left behind by changes in the economy, technology and climate, even while being promised a parody of control that threatens to make matters worse.
Yet, in the midst of all this upheaval, a surge of energy is being generated that can crack open new possibilities for change now, not at some distant point in the future.
The New Economics Foundation exists to drive this change and help give people the tools they need to take real control.
“WE REJECT THE OLD MODEL OF THINK TANKS.”
We reject the old model of think tanks.
We know change does not begin in the corridors of power. And the summit of our ambition is bigger than solely influencing legislation or hoping to get included in a political party’s manifesto.
Instead, the New Economics Foundation exists to drive this change and give people the tools they need to take real control.
We are rooted outside the traditional boundaries of politics. We care most about people’s everyday experience and we will work with communities of all kinds to help them take control.
And we will offer an agenda for people to take more control over the decisions and resources that affect their lives today and a plan for how we can all begin to change the whole system tomorrow.
In an era where people must co-operate to survive, we will always seek to overcome what divides us, campaigning against racism and xenophobia, never shutting ourselves off from the world or turn our backs on those different from ourselves.
We will forge new partnerships with institutions with real power ranging from devolved government and city mayors, business and trade unions, communities, campaigns and movements.
“OURS IS AN AGENDA FOR CONTROL TODAY – TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM TOMORROW.”
We believe change begins when people recognise that the spiralling chaos and insecurity of daily life is caused by concentrations of power and ownership – whether old or new – operating increasingly beyond their control.
We believe change happens when people are able to seize opportunities to take control over what matters most, not wait for it to be done to or for them.
We believe change succeeds when people take control over their own future in everyone’s interests to improve the place in which they live and shape even the most powerful institutions.
In short, ours is an agenda for people to take more control today, so that we can change the whole system tomorrow.
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WE CAN TAKE CONTROL OF OUR ECONOMY AND POLITICS
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Can politics change itself so that it can change our economy?
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Can politics change itself so that it can change our economy?
Caroline Lucas MP, Co-leader of the Green Party; Zahra Dalilah, Take Back the City; George Kerevan MP, the SNP; Laura Sandys, former Conservative MP; and Jonathan Reynolds MP, the Labour Party, discuss. Panel chaired by John Harris, The Guardian.
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The New Economics Foundation is the only people-powered think tank. We work to build a new economy where people really take control.
This panel was part of the Foundation's relaunch event which took place at Coin Street Neighbourhood Community Centre on Tuesday 11 October 2016.
For more about the Foundation and its work find us online:
Web: www.neweconomics.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/NEF
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Devolution, cities and change - Andy Burnham MP, Labour's candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester, delivers his keynote speech to close the New Economics Foundation's relaunch event.
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The New Economics Foundation is the only people-powered think tank. We work to build a new economy where people really take control.
This speech was part of the Foundation's relaunch event which took place at Coin Street Neighbourhood Community Centre on Tuesday 11 October 2016.
For more about the Foundation and its work find us online:
Web: www.neweconomics.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/NEF
Facebook: www.facebook.com/neweconomics
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