Finance
Green House Think Tank work relating to money, our economy, the governance of investment, the measuring and accounting of progress, and prehaps most significantly, the nihilism, limts and consequences of endless economic 'growth'.
Global Public Investment requirements for Zero Carbon
Sufficient and appropriately directed global public investment is critical to shift our economies globally to zero carbon. Currently such investment is inadequate, and still funds infrastructure expansion which increases dependance of fossil fuel reliant.
Webinar: Overseas Development Finance and the Climate Emergency
As the COP26 Climate Summit approaches, join international development specialists, campaigners and politicians from Europe and the UK to discuss how aid and climate finance must change to support an equitable 1.5°C world.
Measuring what matters
Emma Dawnay's proposal outlined is that the Green Book is updated to require the key metrics of greenhouse gas emissions to be at the forefront of each and every project appraisal
Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
This book examines the role of housing in the contemporary economy – one that it characterises as ‘residential capitalism’. How we got here is explained by historical accounts of land ownership, economic thought relating to land, UK housing supply and tenure, and mortgage finance.
Escaping Growth Dependency
This report from Positive Money is a clear exposition of the factors which drive governments to pursue economic growth despite this being ecologically unsustainable. The focus is on how current system creates high levels of debt, which are only manageable if there is economic growth
The Production of Money Ann Pettifor
There is a limited supply of natural resources, human creativity and skills, but not of money. Pettifor takes economic ideas from Keynes and Polanyi.
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics has a catchy title, appealing diagrams and has attracted some extravagant praise; George Monbiot has called her the John Maynard Keynes of the 21st Century. Is Monbiot right?
And The Weak Suffer What They Must? - Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability
This book is a book of political economy and a critical history of the world's currency system since 1945. It explores grounds where economics and politics meet.
The Fall of Neoliberalism
Green House's Victor Anderson puts current developments in long-term perspective in 'The Fall of Neoliberalism'.
Tackling our Housing Crisis: why building more houses will not solve the problem
This report challenges the conventional policy wisdom of ‘just build more homes.’ It argues that the most significant cause of the affordability problem is not shortage of supply but a high level of inequality combined with a dysfunctional financial system.
A Shorter Leash: Ideas for reforming the banking sector
In Lines' gas, he examines the banking sector and how it can be reformed to meet the actual needs of the economy, rather than the private interests of banks and their directors
Can't Pay, Won't Pay: Debt, the Myth of Austerity and the Failure of Green Investment
There is a false consensus around austerity, which prevents investment into supporting a sustainable economy. This report proposes establishing a Citizen's Audit to explore debt, its consequences and alternatives to repayment.