Good Local Economics

It’s time to just muddle through

Harold Wilson said that he was at his best ‘in a messy, middle of the road muddle’. I think this speaks to many of the ways we actually do policy in England. It might not be perfect, it might not get your heart racing, it ain’t sexy, it’s not ideologically left or right, but at the end of the day, we tend to just muddle through in a messy way.

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With or without an elected mayor the challenges remain the same

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Just Finance can reach out to the excluded

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A laboratory for a new economic development

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Know your place

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Time to think differently about work?

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An economic force for good

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Living Labs: connecting the challenges of global cities with innovators around the world

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Building a Better Bristol

New types of investment are needed to kick-start our local economies. A team at Bristol Council is leading on the development of a local investment fund aimed at supporting the economic growth and wellbeing of the city.

‘If we want to do things at city or community level the financing is driven by what’s happening in the global market,’ says Ted Fowler. ‘We need to create new financial institutions that are focused on the needs of local places.’