Author: Len Shackleton

Total posts: 292

Verdict on John McDonnell’s labour market policies: each measure is bad individually; the package is worse than the sum of the parts

23 September 2019
Labour Market

Verdict on John McDonnell’s labour market policies: each measure is bad individually; the package is worse than the sum of the parts

Len Shackleton
23 September 2019
John McDonnell’s speech to the Labour Party conference contained a large number of commitments, some old and some new. Those … Continue reading “Verdict on John McDonnell’s labour market policies: each measure is bad individually; the package is worse than the sum of the parts”

Productivity is always a slippery concept – but there are clear trade-offs policymakers need to recognise

16 August 2018
Labour Market

Productivity is always a slippery concept – but there are clear trade-offs policymakers need to recognise

Len Shackleton
16 August 2018
This week’s positive news from the Office of National Statistics about the continuing strength of the UK’s jobs market was … Continue reading “Productivity is always a slippery concept – but there are clear trade-offs policymakers need to recognise”

Theresa May’s article about the “shared society” is a virtue-signalling undergraduate essay

16 January 2017
Government and Institutions

Theresa May’s article about the “shared society” is a virtue-signalling undergraduate essay

Len Shackleton
16 January 2017
I read Theresa May’s article about the “shared society” – assuming it was she who wrote it, and not her … Continue reading “Theresa May’s article about the “shared society” is a virtue-signalling undergraduate essay”

From the gender pay gap to the minimum wage to executive pay – the politicisation of pay must end

26 August 2016
Labour Market

From the gender pay gap to the minimum wage to executive pay – the politicisation of pay must end

Len Shackleton
26 August 2016
Economic logic suggests that free determination of employment contracts, like free trade, normally benefits both parties and leads to high … Continue reading “From the gender pay gap to the minimum wage to executive pay – the politicisation of pay must end”

Sharon Shoesmith should be compensated – but we need a no-fault system of ending employment contracts

30 October 2013

Sharon Shoesmith should be compensated – but we need a no-fault system of ending employment contracts

Len Shackleton
30 October 2013
The media and the twitterati have had their weekly fix of synthetic anger over the award of compensation to Sharon … Continue reading “Sharon Shoesmith should be compensated – but we need a no-fault system of ending employment contracts”