Patricia Pino on designing a UK Job Guarantee

Designing a Counter-Inflationary Job Guarantee for the United Kingdom: Political Economy, Constraints, and Trade-offs

This talk explores a counter-inflationary Job Guarantee designed for the United Kingdom through an MMT lens, with a focus on political economy and institutional feasibility. It examines the key constraints, trade-offs, and strategic choices involved in building a policy that can navigate real-world governance while delivering full employment and price stability. The discussion emphasises how economic policy is shaped as much by political conditions as by technical design.

Patricia Pino is a PhD researcher at University College London specialising in inflation and macroeconomic policy. She is head of the MMTUK think tank and author of a UK Job Guarantee proposal.

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