Tony Dolphin
Businesses in a funk: The real reason GDP fell in Q4 2011
GDP contracted because businesses went into a funk, cut their spending and hoarded cash instead, writes IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin.
In Defence of Quantitative Easing
In the absence of fiscal stimulus, that is an injection of government spending, and with interest rates at rock bottom, the alternative to quantitative easing is mass unemployment. We have no choice.
Economic Update – February 2012: Double dipped
IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin presents the economic update for February 2012.
Small businesses can play a vital role – but only if they get the finance they need
Tony Dolphin lays out the plan for how to get small business involved in the future growth of the UK - and what they need to help
The double-dip begins
Tony Dolphin explains why the contraction in the 4th quarter of 2011 is likely to be the beginning of a double dip recession.
Growth revision shows economic recovery is off track
Revisions to the national accounts data published by the ONS just before Christmas show economic recovery in the UK was stronger in 2010 than previously thought.