Inflation-targeting (IT) central banks fared no better in controlling the 2021-2023 inflation than non-IT central banks, according new paper from IMF. www.imf.org/en/publicati... We need a new macropolicy framework. WIll be working on this over the next two years with my team @iipp-ucl.bsky.social

Neoliberalism --> populism [from Funke et al (2023) Populist Leaders and the Economy www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... p361]

🔄 Breaking the Housing-Finance Cycle. IIPP Professor of Economics and Finance @jryancollins.bsky.social spoke with Tim Williams on the Grimshaw Cities Podcast about the economics of housing and the drivers of housing crises. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/EOdVKMT

Our second episode from our series ‘Where is Urban Politics?’ is out now: urbanpolitical.online/98-repolitic... Josh Ryan-Collins (@jryancollins.bsky.social) and Dirk Bezemer are talking about Europe’s housing crisis, financialisation, and the urgent need to rethink the politics of home.

In this episode, you will hear: Josh Ryan-Collins (@jryancollins.bsky.social) and Dirk Bezemer, introduced by Marian Counihan and Christian Lamker (@raumplaner.bsky.social) .

The EU parliament is undertaking a major investigation in to the causes of the housing crisis. @danielagabor.bsky.social & myself gave evidence to the parliament on financialisation in July. This was neglected in the draft motion so we've written an open letter. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

Opportunity knocks for Labour at the upcoming budget to commence a fundamental reform of our broken property taxation system. Some thoughts from me in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/comm...

If you reduce taxation on property, the 'saving' will be capitalised in to house prices, enriching existing owners whilst not increasing homeownership. Property tax needs reform not lowering. Abolish stamp duty & replace with annual proportional property tax. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Its 10 years to the day since Mark Carney's famous 'Breaking the Tragedy of the Horizon' speech set out how central banks could persuade markets to price in the green transition. Unfortunately it didn't happen. medium.com/iipp-blog/th...

"Paris is also doing more “pre-emption deals” in which it blocks a planned real estate transaction to instead buy the building itself to convert into social housing. Under its new land use plan, the city has labelled some 800 buildings, one-third offices, as candidates." on.ft.com/4nvu0BT

Mark Carney's 'Tragedy of the Horizon' speech is approaching its 10th anniversary. Some reflections here on why the 'measure risk to manage risk' paradigm it set out has largely failed and alternative path forwards. medium.com/iipp-blog/th...

As the government panics about bond market gyrations, its always useful to understand how the UK government actually finances itself: by creating new money, just like a bank. New paper with @AskerVoldsgaard, Neil Wilson, Andrew Berkeley and Richard Tye. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"The numbers suggest rather that the housing crisis is less about shortage than the unequal distribution of homes around the population." Excellent long read in the FT from John Plender on the true causes of the UK housing crisis: policy drivennn financialisation and inequality. on.ft.com/4p7SiUk

Watch my podcast with Sydney's Tim Grimshaw, focussing on the financialisation of housing open.spotify.com/episode/76Wa...

Very pleased to see Bailey pushing back on Reeves' flawed plans to liberalise UK banks. UK banks primarily lend against existing assets, rather than serving the real economy. Only around 15% of all lending goes to non-financial firms, 75% to mortgages and other parts of the financial sector.

⚠️ Financial Stability at Risk Recent research by IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social & Research Fellow Lydia Marsden shows the role of finance in ecosystem degradation, urging for systemic reform to protect nature and the economy. ✍️ Read our news story here: buff.ly/wJM34Wb

🌳 Financial System Interactions With Ecosystem Tipping Points The latest working paper by IIPP's @jryancollins.bsky.social and Lydia Marsden maps financial flows to companies linked to land-use change and degradation in two at-risk ecosystems. ✍️ Read their paper here: buff.ly/TwbaSOw

🎤 IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social recently gave evidence to @europarl.europa.eu's Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, emphasizing the need to adjust outdated policy tools to combat increasing financialisation. 📺 Watch the recording: buff.ly/MQJTPOB

Gave evidence to the @euparliament.bsky.social yesterday on policy solutions to deal with the financialisation of housing. Also speaking were the Deputy director of the ESRB & @danielagabor.bsky.social I'm on from from 11h42m multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream... @iipp-ucl.bsky.social

New discussion note published today on how central banks should regulate to reduce financial flows constribution to ecosystem tipping points. Collaboration with WWF Green FInancial Regulation Initiative. Plus... wwf.panda.org?14288941/Fin...

New paper sets out a framework for rethinking our approach to the housing crisis as if we had limited resources (labour, materials and C02 emissions). Part of our 'Homes that don't cost the earth' collaboration with @iipp-ucl.bsky.social, Arup engineers & @darkmatterlabs.org tinyurl.com/2c6rcrgb

Looking forward to speaking on this panel next wednesday in Brussels on the housing affordability crisis. Hosted by the S&D Group and & MEP Andreas Schieder. Sign up to join in person or online below. Join us in Brussels or online: socsde.ms/ZS7

Join @neweconomics.bsky.social and @policyalternatives.ca @ricardotranjan.bsky.social for a Canada-UK housing justice dialogue, with contributions from the amazing @jryancollins.bsky.social 👇

🌳 What is the future of nature-aligned finance? IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social‬ will be speaking at the upcoming 'Towards Nature-Aligned Finance' event hosted by the Erasmus Platform for Sustainable Value Creation on June 19th. 🔗Learn more and register here: buff.ly/bU9mhhB

I'll be charing the closing panel of this workshop hosted by the Erasmus Plaform for sustainable value creation in Rotterdam next thursday. Tickets still available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-na...

Excellent piece from @resi-analyst.bsky.social. Housing transactions are collapsing and we desperately need property tax reform. Shifting from stamp duty & council tax to an annual property tax could increase transactions & the tax take, increase labour productivity and growth. on.ft.com/4jiWbSn

🏠 The Demand for Housing as an Investment. IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social policy report makes a series of policy recommendations on how to make the housing market more affordable and break the feedback cycle. 🔗 Read the report here: buff.ly/SOHIVP8

I'll discuss how we can deal with the UK's housing affordability crisis without building 1.5m new homes @pef-online.bsky.social annual conference on thursday. Great line up including @annpettifor.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social Tix: www.eventbrite.com/e/progressiv...

NEW JOB: Research Fellow at IIPP working on macrofinancial implications of nature loss and green transition with me. Academic research + policy influencing. Focus on inflation and financial stabillity. 2 year post in first instance, £43-51K, deadline 26th May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

NEW JOB: Research Fellow at IIPP working on macrofinancial implications of nature loss and green transition with me. Academic research + policy influencing. Focus on inflation and financial stabillity. 2 year post in first instance, £43-51K, deadline 26th May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Thursday 15th May: Progressive Economics 2025 SOAS, University of London. Speakers include @jeevunsandher.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @annpettifor.bsky.social @duncanweldon.bsky.social @jryancollins.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social

Why not follow Swiss, Germany, Sweden and Finland and make traffic fines income dependent? same fine now causes two to five times more stress for the poorest quarter than for the wealthiest that laugh off traffic fines www.eur.nl/en/news/shou...

🇬🇧UK Economic Policy in the Age of Trump. IIPP Professor of Economics and Finance @jryancollins.bsky.social will join a panel discussion and debate on UK Economic Policy in the Age of Trump at the upcoming @pef-online.bsky.social event. 🔗Learn more and register here: buff.ly/Q6qINUv

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

Launching our Homes that don't cost the Earth project online today with Rosie Cade and @bethstratford.bsky.social presenting - get involved here: www.notion.so/darkmatterla...

In 2020, Brazil launched Pix, a public digital payment system during Covid. It is now dominant, undercutting credit & debit card providers, reducing transaction costs, enhancing productivity & increasing financial competition. Don't tell me the state can't innovate. www.economist.com/the-americas...

If Trump wants to get manufacturing going again, he should consider directed credit policies. Paper from @kmueiier.bsky.social & co shows that liberalisation of such policies leads banks to shift in to real estate, with negative impacts on growth (37 country panel). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨NEW: Anneliese Dodds says govt must ‘reassess’ fiscal rules and taxation pledges in first speech since resignation “We must be prepared to reassess shibboleths, whether they be the fiscal rules, as Germany has done, or on taxation.” Thread of clips from this thoughtful speech 👇

Great set of essays here from @sheltercharity.bsky.social calling for more investment in social housing by leading economists including @mazzucatom.bsky.social @kengibb.bsky.social @annpettifor.bsky.social and Professor John Muellbauer. england.shelter.org.uk/professional...

✍️ IIPP Academics join call for greater investment in social housing. IIPP Profs @mazzucatom.bsky.social , Carlota Perez, @jryancollins.bsky.social , & @cityofsound.bsky.social have signed an open letter calling for more investment in social housing. 🔗 Read the letter here: buff.ly/afvd0YK

Glad to have co-signed this economists' letter to the UK Treasury on the need for a major boost in funding for social housing organised by Shelter, along with @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social Its a no brainer. Covered in the FT. england.shelter.org.uk/professional_r

Great new resource for central bank geeks like myself - database of speeches searchable by topic going back to 1986. Congrats to @emacampiglio.bsky.social and colleagues. cbspeeches.com

Can we create decent, affordable housing within planetary boundaries? Announcing the launch of a new collaboration between @iipp-ucl.bsky.social, Arup, @darkmatterlabs.org and Rising Tide buff.ly/gKjjNBl

🏡How is tax damaging the housing market and how can we fix it? IIPP Professor @jryancollins.bsky.social spoke at a @theifs.bsky.social & Chartered Institute of Taxation panel discussion and debate on how we tax housing in the UK. 📺Watch the panel recording here: buff.ly/3PMQ9B4

Government to fund additional defense spending by cutting overseas aid budget from 0.5 to 0.3% of GDP. Our Foreign Secretary said the U.S. decision to cut its aid programs was a strategic mistake that would reduce its soft power just 3 weeks ago: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

🏘️NEW: UK property market is now the NUMBER ONE choice for overseas investment in real estate. 📰 Our new report with Adam Almeida explores the rise of institutional investors in the UK housing market. 🧵Let's start with “Build to Rent”

Lots of lessons here for the Labour party. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Much more policy attention is needed on how we make better use of the existing, masively underutilized, UK housing stock. on.ft.com/42TXxyh