Carl Packman
Carl is a health researcher; he writes book reviews for Left Foot Forward. Carl has written for the Guardian, New Statesman, Tribune Magazine, and The Philosopher's Magazine and blogs regularly at Though Cowards Flinch and Liberal Conspiracy. He is currently writing a book on consumer debt.
Lord Glasman has developed a criticism of Keynes in a distinctively modern way
These might well be exciting times to be in the Labour party, writes Carl Packman.
The sick anti-Semites at the heart of Galloway’s band of bigots
Carl Packman exposes the sick underbelly of anti-Semitisim at the heart of George Galloway’s victorious Bradford West by-election campaign.
The next credit crisis will hit consumers, not banks
Packman looks at the findings that the boom before the bust was caused by growth in the consumer credit market, and asks what happens when it inevitably fails.
“You’ve never had it so good” has never been so wrong: Review of The Cost of Inequality
Carl Packman reviews Stewart Lansley's "The Cost of Inequality," and loves it.
Glasman calls for a break from ‘viagra or vivisection’ (that’s growth or cuts, to you)
Carl Packman reports on the Maurice (Lord) Glasman's talk at Localis, where he elaborated further on the Blue Labour brand.
Betting shops are blighting our high streets, and councils can’t take action
Carl Packman reports on Rowenna Davis’s campaign to allow councils the powers needed to ensure that high streets aren’t overrun by betting shops.