Where we get our numbers, and who we read.
A working bibliography rather than an endorsement list. We disagree with plenty of what is linked here — but this is the material we actually use, and you should be able to check our work against the same sources.
Allied think tanks & institutes
6 entriesResearch on ownership and the design of a democratic economy.
Macroeconomic and industrial policy research from a progressive frame.
Labour market data, wage series and inequality analysis.
Post-Keynesian macroeconomics, employment guarantees and monetary theory.
Global research on public services, remunicipalisation and extractivism.
Wellbeing economics, local economies and social provisioning.
Data & statistical sources
6 entriesDistributional national accounts on income and wealth across countries.
Comparative statistics on labour, bargaining coverage, tax and social spending.
Harmonised microdata on household income and wealth.
Global labour statistics including union density and collective bargaining coverage.
Our own microsimulation and costing model. Downloadable, documented, replicable.
Long-run comparative data on output, inputs and productivity.
Unions & worker organisations
4 entriesInternational Trade Union Confederation — global labour coordination.
Research arm of the ETUC; excellent on codetermination and works councils.
Organising strategy and rank-and-file reporting.
Technical assistance for worker cooperatives and conversions.
Journals & publications
5 entriesHeterodox and political economy scholarship.
Marxian and radical economic analysis.
Long-form writing on political economy and global capital flows.
Socialist politics and economics for a general readership.
Political theory, history and international analysis.
Tools & reference for organisers
4 entriesOur internal guide to converting policy into statutory language. Free to use.
The spreadsheet template we use for fiscal notes, with worked examples.
Standing answers to the objections our policies most often face.
Step-by-step guidance for councillors pursuing remunicipalisation.
Something missing?
If you maintain a dataset or publication that belongs here, send it to us. We review submissions monthly and link on usefulness, not agreement.