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Michael Jacobs is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Sheffield. He was previously General Secretary of the Fabian Society, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers at the UK Treasury, and a Special Adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown on energy, environment, and climate policy.
“Ethical consumption” and “small is beautiful” were never dominant ideas on the left.
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