Jun 2, 2020Build Back Better: in the Winter of the 5th Kondratieff waveTalk of “building back better” after the economic shock of Covid-19 is everywhere. The Good Economy’s co-founder Mark Hepworth dusts off his 30 year old notes on maverick Russian economist Nikolai Kondratieff to offer insights into what a new economic wave could look like Kondratieff Waves describe 40–60 year ‘boom…New Economy8 min read
Mar 6, 2019Mapping and Understanding Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) Opportunities for Social InvestmentWhat is this project all about? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has commissioned Small Change and The Good Economy to help align its social investment activities more directly with its strategic outcomes. JRF’s vision is for a prosperous UK without poverty. Its mission is to inspire action and change to solve…Impact Investing3 min read
Jun 7, 2017“Inclusive Growth in Britain”The Good Economy is ‘an economy that works for everyone’. We presented our 4-pillar model of the Good Economy in a position paper published in early June 2016. …Sustainable Development4 min read
Jan 24, 2017Industrial Strategy on the BBC 10 O’Clock NewsThe Government unveiled its post-Brexit industrial strategy yesterday, in the form of a green paper prepared by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Strategy paper has ‘something for everyone’ — there are 10 pillars covering skills, high growth firms in the knowledge industries, regional development and other…Brexit2 min read
Oct 21, 2016Britain’s Titanic Struggle — Regional Inequality and Low PayI attended two events in London this week. First, I watched Professor Philip McCann, a prominent economic geographer based at the University of Groningen, argue that Britain’s regional inequality problem is the worst in the OECD. Apparently, it is more like what you’d find in the Third World. His lecture…Economics4 min read
Jul 5, 2016Post Brexit — Who are the real ‘idiots’ to blame and shame?Mark Hepworth @MarkHepworthTGE In the midst of the Referendum Campaign’s “sound and fury” (Who are the real ‘idiots’ to blame and shame?), I put the finishing touches to our social advisory firm’s position paper The Good Economy: A Better Future for Everyone. …Brexit2 min read
