Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT The abundance agenda offers an important provocation to progressives, asking them to think big about the possibilities for growth and economic renewal. Developed in the context of the United States, abundance economics is also attracting some attention in UK policy circles, given the government's top‐line commitment to growth, and the threat posed by the scarcity politics of the populist right. But while the abundance critique of the status quo is a powerful one, its policy prescriptions may not translate straightforwardly to the UK. Enacting economic reforms in the name of abundance may also rely on a mode of emergency politics that trades off democratic accountability for efficiency. The question for Labour is not only whether they believe that abundance is the right economic strategy, but how they can turn it into a viable political programme that takes public consent seriously, based on a narrative that invites the public to support the trade‐offs it involves.
Source: IPPR Progressive Review
DOI: 10.1111/newe.70006
Author: Kate Alexander‐Shaw
Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7127986726