Reindustrialise Britain

Costas Lapavitsas is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.Larry Elliott was Economics Editor of the Guardian newspaper from 1996 to 2024.Doug Nicholls was General Secretary of the Community and Youth Workers' Union 1987–2011, and General Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions 2012–2023.

"A well crafted universal solution to Britain's current malaise […] God knows Britain needs it."Mathew Rose, Brave New Europe"This book is an essential sourcebook for every trade unionist and progressive person genuinely seeking fundamental change. It provides the costed, comprehensive, planned alternative economic and democratic strategy we need to overturn fifty years of neoliberal madness."Eddie Dempsey, General Secretary of the RMT"This is a serious and timely contribution to a debate the UK has avoided for too long. It recognises that an economy cannot prosper if it neglects its productive base. You don't have to agree with all that the authors say to agree that their insistence that we rethink how we create and distribute wealth is necessary and welcome."Richard Murphy, author of The Joy of Tax

• PART I DAMAGED GOODS – A DIAGNOSISChapter 1 Neoliberal disasterChapter 2 The world in the slow laneChapter 3 Britain's lopsided economyChapter 4 The state were inChapter 5 Britain's external dependenceChapter 6 Hard labourChapter 7 A Green Transition and the challenge of capital controlsPART II – A STRATEGY FOR WEALTH CREATION – WHAT TO DOChapter 8 Six steps for wealth creationChapter 9 Labour, nationalisation, and investmentChapter 10 Finance, trade, and capital flowsChapter 11 Can we afford it?PART III MAKING IT HAPPEN – WHO AND HOW TO DO ITChapter 12 Rebuilding union powerChapter 13 Building a coalition for transformationChapter 14 National sovereignty and democracy