Last year I was commissioned by the UK ministry of housing to write a report on the demand side-drivers of the housing affordability crisis. After some election-related delays, here it is. (1/13) https://t.co/cpBpUZokZr

This IMF paper finds that during and after the 2022 global inflation surge - largely driven by supply shocks -inflation outcomes in inflation-targeting countries were no better than in non-targeting countries, despite the former implementing more aggressive interest rate hikes.

Public relations taught me to spin the truth. Law taught me to hide the truth. Only creative writing allowed me to tell the truth.

💰The UK’s property tax system is both inefficient and unfair. @IIPP_UCL Professor @jryancollins argues that the UK's property tax system requires radical reform, rather than incremental changes. 🔗 Read his recent op-ed for the @guardian here: https://t.co/MudsgbdSTk

Opportunity knocks for Labour at the upcoming budget to commence a fundamental reform of our broken property taxation system. Some thoughts from me in @guardian https://t.co/VWuJz4aasA

We want to help people have affordable, safe and secure places to live. Proposals in the Housing (Scotland) Bill will include capping rent increases in rent control areas. This will support tenants to stay in their homes and protect the interests of landlords. Watch now.

Mark Carney's 'Tragedy of the Horizon' speech is approaching its 10th anniversary. Some reflections here on why the 'measure risk to manage risk' paradigm it set out has largely failed and alternative path forwards. https://t.co/CAO2elJF8k

As the government panics about bond market gyrations, its always useful to understand how the UK government actually finances itself: by creating new money, just like a bank. New paper with @AskerVoldsgaard, Neil Wilson, Andrew Berkeley and Richard Tye. https://t.co/KNpv4TEYzK

The piece aligns with my work over the past decade on problems in the UK land market & housing-finance cycle and this recent report as part of our project 'Homes that Don't Cost the Earth' with Arup & DML

"The numbers suggest the housing crisis is less about shortage than the unequal distribution of homes..." Excellent long read from Joh Plender on the true causes of the UK housing crisis: policy driven financialisation and inequality.

Lots of questions about the effectiveness of monetary policy in dealing with supply-side shocks recently, implicitly assuming mon pol is effective at reducing demand. But what if it actually isn't? Then we're really in trouble... Great work from @heimbergecon & colleagues.

Watch my podcast on the financialisation of housing with @GrimshawArch's Tim Williams https://t.co/9TvL8snyEo

An end to stamp duty is overdue and could be a very good thing… My analysis @theipaper ft. @IPPR and economist @jryancollins https://t.co/xPsL4vIPZr

🌳 Financial System Interactions With Ecosystem Tipping Points The latest paper by @IIPP_UCL's @jryancollins and Lydia Marsden maps financial flows to companies linked to land-use change and degradation in two at-risk ecosystems. ✍️ Read their paper: https://t.co/HPm58cSaOI

🎤 @IIPP_UCL Prof @jryancollins recently gave evidence to @Europarl_EN's Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, emphasizing the need to adjust outdated policy tools to combat increasing financialisation. 📺 Watch the recording: https://t.co/IbTWnW28YH

Gave evidence to the @EUparliament yesterday on the financialisation of housing as part of the HAUS special committee on the housing crisis. Other interventions from @ESRBofficial @DanielaGabor @aliugurBPFI @FocusIreland @GruppoCDP. I'm on at 11h42m. https://t.co/usn3hz8y3f

New paper sets out a framework for rethinking our approach to the housing crisis as if we had limited resources (labour, materials and C02 emissions). Part of our 'Homes that don't cost the earth' collaboration with @IIPP_UCL @Arup & @DarkMatterLabs https://t.co/IxzUoaTW91

Very much looking forward to speaking on this panel next wednesday in Brussels on the housing affordability crisis. Hosted by the @TheProgressives & MEP Andreas @SCHIEDER. Sign up to join in person or online below. @FinanceWatchOrg @PositiveMoneyEU @IIPP_UCL

🌳What is the future of nature-aligned finance? @UCL_IIPP Professor @jryancollins will speak at the upcoming 'Towards Nature-Aligned Finance' event hosted by the @RSMErasmus Platform for Sustainable Value Creation on June 19th. 🔗Learn more and register: https://t.co/mgjoJi5zI6

NEW JOB: Research Fellow at IIPP working on macrofinancial implications of nature loss and green transition with me. Academic research + policy influencing, inflation and financial stabillity. 2 year post in first instance, £43-51K, deadline 26th May.

I’m grandson of an Irish migrant, living in one of the most diverse communities in the country. We get along together pretty well with every section of the community making its contribution. Talk of an “island of strangers” shockingly echoes the divisive language of Enoch Powell

NEW JOB: Research Fellow at IIPP working on macrofinancial implications of nature loss and green transition with me. Academic research + policy influencing, inflation and financial stabillity. 2 year post in first instance, £43-51K, deadline 26th May.