Grace Blakeley
British economic and political pundit
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Grace Blakeley (born 26 June 1993) [1] is an English economics and politics commentator , [2] [3] columnist, journalist and author. She is a staff writer for Tribune and panelist on TalkTV . She was previously the economics commentator of the New Statesman and has contributed to Novara Media .
Early life
Blakeley was born in Basingstoke in Hampshire. [4] She is half Welsh on her father's side. [5] She was privately educated at Lord Wandsworth College , [6] and later attended the Sixth Form College, Farnborough . [7] She studied philosophy, politics and economics at St Peter's College, Oxford , graduating with a first class honours degree . [7] [8] Blakeley then obtained a master's degree in African studies at St Antony's College, Oxford . [9] After graduating, she worked as a management consultant for KPMG in their Public Sector and Healthcare Practice division. [8] Blakeley then worked as a research fellow for a year at a left-wing think tank , the Institute for Public Policy Research , in Manchester, specialising in regional economic policy. [8]
Career
Blakeley joined the magazine New Statesman in January 2019 as its economics commentator, writing a fortnightly column and contributing to the website and podcasts. [10] Her articles for the magazine included support for Lexit and a Green New Deal . [11] [12] Her first book, Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation , was published by Repeater Books on 10 September 2019. [13] Michael Galant writing for the openDemocracy website, praised the book as a "convincing critique of modern capitalism for socialists and skeptics alike". [14] CapX 's Diego Zuluaga commented in his review that it was a "sweeping polemic against the market economy", and felt the author had been selective in how she presented evidence for her arguments. [15]
Blakeley became a staff writer for the democratic socialist magazine Tribune in January 2020. [16] She sits on the Labour Party 's National Policy Forum , which is responsible for policy development. [17]
Blakeley's second book, The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism , was published in October 2020. [18]
Political views
Blakeley identifies as a democratic socialist [19] and supports the use of capital controls . [20] Blakeley supports Jeremy Corbyn and voted for him in the 2015 and 2016 Labour leadership elections , though she criticised him in 2016 for failing to "challenge the hegemony of neoliberalism" in the way she had imagined he would. [20] [21] Blakeley promotes a Green New Deal. [20] [22] Though she has emphasised it as running "counter to a capitalist system", she has argued that "even those who do not identify as socialists" may soon realise that a green industrial revolution is the "only option". She calls for a "fair transition towards a low-carbon economy". [23] Blakeley is a Eurosceptic , and has branded the European Union as " neoliberal ", " neo-colonial " and "run in the interests of financial and corporate elites". [20] [24]
Works
Books
- Blakeley, G. (2019). Stolen: How to Save the World From Financialisation (London: Repeater)
- Blakeley, G. (2020). The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism (London: Verso)
Edited books
- Blakeley, G. (ed.) (2020). Futures of Socialism: The Pandemic and the Post-Corbyn Era (London: Verso)
References
- ↑ Grace Blakeley [@graceblakeley] (26 June 2019). "T-W-E-N-T-Y S-I-X 2DAY BITCHEZ And I got to spend it with these beauts" (Tweet) – via Twitter .
- ↑ "Economics for millennials: an interview with Grace Blakeley" . openDemocracy .
- ↑ Denvir, Daniel (27 March 2020). "Coronavirus Economics with Grace Blakeley" . The Dig . Retrieved 27 September 2020 .
- ↑ "Famous people from Basingstoke" . Basingstoke Gazette . 29 June 2020 . Retrieved 26 July 2020 .
- ↑ Grace Blakeley (26 September 2020). "Well I am half welsh... This is going to make my dad extraordinarily happy" . Retrieved 8 November 2020 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "The Sower 2009" (PDF) . The Sower . p. 16 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- 1 2 "University Admissions 2011" (PDF) . Sixth Form College, Farnborough. p. 3 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- 1 2 3 "Biography" . Institute for Public Policy Research. 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- ↑ "E-Newsletter: Antonian Books – TT19" . St Antony's College, Oxford. 27 June 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- ↑ "Grace Blakeley appointed New Statesman economics commentator" . New Statesman . 12 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- ↑ Blakeley, Grace (16 January 2019). "Why the left should champion Brexit" . New Statesman . Archived from the original on 2 February 2020 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- ↑ Blakeley, Grace (2 October 2019). "Why we need a Green New Deal to solve humanity's greatest challenge" . New Statesman . Archived from the original on 10 November 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- ↑ "Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation" . Repeater Books .
- ↑ Galant, Michael (9 October 2019). "Socialism or barbarism: a review of 'Stolen' by Grace Blakeley" . openDemocracy . Archived from the original on 10 November 2019 . Retrieved 11 November 2019 .
- ↑ Zuluaga, Diego (2 September 2019). "Grace Blakeley's 'Stolen' is a tired invective against market capitalism" . CapX . Archived from the original on 6 December 2019 . Retrieved 11 November 2019 .
- ↑ Strutt, Andrew. "Grace Blakeley joins the team at Tribune" . Response Source . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- ↑ "Grace Blakeley" . Labour Party . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- ↑ "The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism" . Waterstones . Retrieved 28 July 2020 .
- ↑ Cohen, Roger (8 March 2019). "Socialism and the 2020 American Election" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 18 August 2019 . Retrieved 9 February 2020 .
- 1 2 3 4 Blakeley, Grace (16 January 2019). "Another Britain Is Possible" . The Express Tribune . Archived from the original on 1 February 2020 . Retrieved 9 March 2020 .
- ↑ Blakeley, Grace (4 July 2016). "I campaigned for Corbyn – but he's failed to change the conversation" . Left Foot Forward . Retrieved 9 March 2020 .
- ↑ Blakeley, Grace (13 February 2019). "Whatever the Brexit outcome, the UK desperately needs a green new deal" . New Statesman . Archived from the original on 20 February 2019 . Retrieved 9 March 2020 .
- ↑ Blakeley, Grace (1 May 2019). "Why Britain needs its own Green New Deal" . New Statesman . Archived from the original on 30 July 2019 . Retrieved 9 March 2020 .
- ↑ "Lexit: The left's strategy for Brexit" . BBC One . 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019 . Retrieved 9 March 2020 .
External links
- British economist Grace Blakeley on Amazon, capitalism and socialism Detailed interview (3 ½ hours) with Tilo Jung and Hans Jessen , 2 November 2021 on YouTube
- Articles by Grace Blakeley at Tribune
- A World to Win podcast , hosted by Grace Blakeley
- Articles by Grace Blakeley at New Statesman
- "Grace Blakeley: The Corona Crash: How The Pandemic Will Change Capitalism" on YouTube