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 The Fabian Society has today published a new pamphlet, "The Economic Alternative" a collection of essays emerging from the successful New Year Conference 2012.
You can read the Economic Alternative here (pdf)
Responding to Ed Balls' announcement at the Conference that any Labour government in 2015 is likely to have to retain coalition cuts, Fabian Society General Secretary Andrew Harrop said:
"So far there has been ambitious rhetoric about a different sort of capitalism, but the substantive proposals are small beer.
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 The Fabian Society has published a new discussion paper on consensus-building in UK aviation policy. This paper is part of our Environment & Citizenship programme and is written by senior researcher Natan Doron.
Read the full paper here.
This discussion paper explains why greater consensus in aviation policy is desirable and then explores what a strategy for such consensus-building could look like.
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The Fabian Society has published a new report "The Coalition and Universalism: Cuts, targeting and the future of welfare" by Fabian Society General Secretary Andrew Harrop.
Read the full report here
Using international data it show that means testing harms the poor families it is intended to help. When benefit spending is targeted tightly at the poorest the overall generosity of welfare falls, leaving poor families worse off than when benefits are widely available.
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The growing gap between rich and poor is bad for ordinary people, is felt personally by almost half the population and allows the very rich to use their power to harm the majority, according to new polling for the Fabian Review.
The poll, conducted by YouGov and supported by the TUC, shows widespread unhappiness with the way the British economy works. There is overwhelming support for companies to take a longer-term approach to investment, with 80 per cent agreeing that the private sector should recognise a wider responsibility than maximising shareholder profit.
Read an analysis of the poll in the winter Fabian Review
Read the full polling
Read a report in the Independent
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 2012 will see voters lose faith in the government's economic policy and give Labour a fair hearing says Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor. In an interview in the Fabian Review, Balls says George Osborne's autumn statement marked a turning point:
“I think it [will prove] a game-changer in people’s understanding. When a government [takes office], you really want to believe these new guys are going to make it work. Then suddenly people realise that not only is there lower growth and high unemployment, but that the one thing this Government said it would do was to borrow less, and now it is borrowing more. In the next six to nine months, people are going to say: What’s the alternative? Our opportunity starts now.”
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