Cormac Hollingsworth
Cormac writes for Left Foot Forward on the economy; he is an economic policy consultant who previously worked as an MD at a European investment bank.
The coalition has flunked preparations for this banking crisis
Cormac Hollingsworth explains the coalition's under-preparation with regards to the new global financial crisis
Just who WILL Osborne listen to?
We’re in a unique political economy, one in which there is no market discipline on the government pursuing the wrong […]
No platform no pasaran; Cable Street 75
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street; Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Holligsworth recalls the historic anti-fascist events.
Balls’s speech gives Labour a solid economic foundation
Cormac Hollingsworth reviews Ed Balls’s Labour party conference speech, and analyses what it means for Labour’s economic policy over the next four years.
Growth cut the 2010-11 deficit as fast as cuts
George Osborne’s strategy was 75% cuts and 25% taxes, but he forgot to add in growth; growth last year cut the deficit as much as cuts.
Without growth will we even halve the deficit?
The IMF downgrades to UK growth today is awful news for those who are hoping to cut the deficit, explains Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.