Abstract
Plan B: A Good Economy for a Good Society was published by the centre-left pressure group Compass in October 2011 as an alternative to the UK coalition government’s austerity policies. In addition to short-term policies for restoring jobs and growth, Plan B offers longer-term policy proposals on finance, taxation, industrial renewal, welfare, work and environmental sustainability. The programme is reviewed in the light of Labour’s 1970s Alternative Economic Strategy, and it is argued that it needs to look more at international initiatives, incorporate the trade unions, and address the decline in popular engagement in party politics.
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