Green New Deal
The Green New Deal Group have just published their second report titled:
‘The Cuts Won’t Work’
Download a pdf version of the report here.
Founded in early 2007, the Green New Deal Group reflects a wide range of expertise relating to the current financial, energy and environmental crises.
Download a pdf version of the first GND report (2.66 MB), here.
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The Green New Deal Group is, in alphabetical order:
Andrew Simms, Policy Director, nef (the new economics foundation)
Ann Pettifor, former head of the Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign, Executive Director Advocacy International, Operation Noah
Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP
Charles Secrett, Advisor on Sustainable Development, former Director of Friends of the Earth
Colin Hines, Co-Director of Finance for the Future, former head of Greenpeace International’s Economics Unit
Jeremy Leggett, founder and Chairman of Solarcentury and SolarAid
Larry Elliott, Economics Editor of the Guardian
Richard Murphy, Co-Director of Finance for the Future and Director, Tax Research LLP
Tony Juniper, former Director of Friends of the Earth
Taking their inspiration from President Roosevelt’s comprehensive response to the Great Depression, these ‘new economists’ call for:
* Massive investment in renewable energy and wider environmental transformation in the UK, leading to,
* The creation of thousands of new green collar jobs
* Reining in reckless aspects of the finance sector - but making low-cost capital available to fund the UK’s green economic shift
* Building a new alliance between environmentalists, industry, agriculture, and unions to put the interests of the real economy ahead of those of footloose finance.




Welcome to my blog about the financial crisis. I'm Ann Pettifor, author and analyst of the global financial system, and co-author of the Green New Deal. I predicted an Anglo-American debt-deflationary crisis back in 2003, and am known for my work on sovereign debt and international finance, including Jubilee 2000. Currently a fellow of the