Biog
Jonathan is an economist with high level policy and political experience
Jonathan is a former ministerial advisor and senior consultant at Europe Economics. An economist with high-level policy and political experience, he remains an associate at Europe Economics, Demos and ESL UK. He also writes for Labour Uncut. Currently he is undertaking a pioneering research project for UK Music on the economic contribution of the music industry to the British economy. Since becoming a freelance consultant he has completed projects for Action for Children, Centre for London, Demos and UK Music. He’s especially interested in the economics of the creative industries and the economic and political futures of UK cities. Jonathan holds degrees from three leading universities in Economics and Politics, including an M Phil in Political Thought and Intellectual History. More
David Cameron and Ed Miliband are both sons of Gordon Brown
I had this on Labour Uncut yesterday.
There is probably a significant degree of cross-party agreement that Douglas Carswell is wrong to argue that the present government is a continuation of the last. Even David Cameron’s critics in the Conservative … Read the rest
The shock of the new and the old
My son is not yet two and can identify, open and work some apps. Given that this is probably standard for his peer group, the vista of the possible is almost frighteningly expansive for his ‘born digital’ generation. The RSA’s … Read the rest
Politics and Music: The personalities of the North
I had this on the Hannah Mitchell Foundation blog earlier this week.
Most Shane Meadows films build towards an epic and decisive scene of violence. The Stone Roses have a turbulent history. The rational reaction to a Shane Meadows film … Read the rest
The North is rising. But which North?
I had this on the Demos blog today.
The Manchester habit, Judge Parry wrote in 1912 is: ‘don’t talk about what you are going to do, do it.’ This can-do, pioneering spirit led in 2009 to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) … Read the rest
SIC to death
I had this on the Prospect blog yesterday.
For economists, the arts pose a problem. We know that the value of their contribution to wellbeing exceeds what can be measured in simple GDP. But we do not and perhaps cannot … Read the rest
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