Josh Ryan-Collins
Professor in Economics & Finance @iipp-ucl.bsky.social | macroeconomic policy, sustainable finance, land & housing | profiles.ucl.ac.uk/64753
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- My interview with the housing journalist @peteapps.bsky.social on demand-side drivers of the housing crisis peteapps.substack.com/p/why-you-ca...
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Hear my diagnosis of the drivers of the UK housing crisis on this excellent new BBC Radio 4 program led by @vickyspratt.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- I'll be making the case for wealth taxes tonight for Kings College Politics society debate, along with Vince Cable up against Andrew Lillico and Kristian Niemietz. Bush house auditorium, Strand. Tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/kclpo...
- Inflation-targeting (IT) central banks fared no better in controlling the 2021-2023 inflation than non-IT central banks, according new paper from IMF. www.imf.org/en/publicati... We need a new macropolicy framework. WIll be working on this over the next two years with my team @iipp-ucl.bsky.social
- Neoliberalism --> populism [from Funke et al (2023) Populist Leaders and the Economy www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... p361]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- The EU parliament is undertaking a major investigation in to the causes of the housing crisis. @danielagabor.bsky.social & myself gave evidence to the parliament on financialisation in July. This was neglected in the draft motion so we've written an open letter. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
- Opportunity knocks for Labour at the upcoming budget to commence a fundamental reform of our broken property taxation system. Some thoughts from me in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/comm...
- If you reduce taxation on property, the 'saving' will be capitalised in to house prices, enriching existing owners whilst not increasing homeownership. Property tax needs reform not lowering. Abolish stamp duty & replace with annual proportional property tax. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Its 10 years to the day since Mark Carney's famous 'Breaking the Tragedy of the Horizon' speech set out how central banks could persuade markets to price in the green transition. Unfortunately it didn't happen. medium.com/iipp-blog/th...
- "Paris is also doing more “pre-emption deals” in which it blocks a planned real estate transaction to instead buy the building itself to convert into social housing. Under its new land use plan, the city has labelled some 800 buildings, one-third offices, as candidates." on.ft.com/4nvu0BT
- 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. medium.com/iipp-blog/th...
- 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. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- "The numbers suggest rather that the housing crisis is less about shortage than the unequal distribution of homes around the population." Excellent long read in the FT from John Plender on the true causes of the UK housing crisis: policy drivennn financialisation and inequality. on.ft.com/4p7SiUk
- Watch my podcast with Sydney's Tim Grimshaw, focussing on the financialisation of housing open.spotify.com/episode/76Wa...
- Very pleased to see Bailey pushing back on Reeves' flawed plans to liberalise UK banks. UK banks primarily lend against existing assets, rather than serving the real economy. Only around 15% of all lending goes to non-financial firms, 75% to mortgages and other parts of the financial sector.
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Gave evidence to the @euparliament.bsky.social yesterday on policy solutions to deal with the financialisation of housing. Also speaking were the Deputy director of the ESRB & @danielagabor.bsky.social I'm on from from 11h42m multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream... @iipp-ucl.bsky.social
- New discussion note published today on how central banks should regulate to reduce financial flows constribution to ecosystem tipping points. Collaboration with WWF Green FInancial Regulation Initiative. Plus... wwf.panda.org?14288941/Fin...
- 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.bsky.social, Arup engineers & @darkmatterlabs.org tinyurl.com/2c6rcrgb
- Looking forward to speaking on this panel next wednesday in Brussels on the housing affordability crisis. Hosted by the S&D Group and & MEP Andreas Schieder. Sign up to join in person or online below. Join us in Brussels or online: socsde.ms/ZS7
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- I'll be charing the closing panel of this workshop hosted by the Erasmus Plaform for sustainable value creation in Rotterdam next thursday. Tickets still available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-na...
- Excellent piece from @resi-analyst.bsky.social. Housing transactions are collapsing and we desperately need property tax reform. Shifting from stamp duty & council tax to an annual property tax could increase transactions & the tax take, increase labour productivity and growth. on.ft.com/4jiWbSn
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- I'll discuss how we can deal with the UK's housing affordability crisis without building 1.5m new homes @pef-online.bsky.social annual conference on thursday. Great line up including @annpettifor.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social Tix: www.eventbrite.com/e/progressiv...
- NEW JOB: Research Fellow at IIPP working on macrofinancial implications of nature loss and green transition with me. Academic research + policy influencing. Focus on inflation and financial stabillity. 2 year post in first instance, £43-51K, deadline 26th May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-CollinsBarry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
- Launching our Homes that don't cost the Earth project online today with Rosie Cade and @bethstratford.bsky.social presenting - get involved here: www.notion.so/darkmatterla...
- In 2020, Brazil launched Pix, a public digital payment system during Covid. It is now dominant, undercutting credit & debit card providers, reducing transaction costs, enhancing productivity & increasing financial competition. Don't tell me the state can't innovate. www.economist.com/the-americas...
- If Trump wants to get manufacturing going again, he should consider directed credit policies. Paper from @kmueiier.bsky.social & co shows that liberalisation of such policies leads banks to shift in to real estate, with negative impacts on growth (37 country panel). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Great set of essays here from @sheltercharity.bsky.social calling for more investment in social housing by leading economists including @mazzucatom.bsky.social @kengibb.bsky.social @annpettifor.bsky.social and Professor John Muellbauer. england.shelter.org.uk/professional...
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Glad to have co-signed this economists' letter to the UK Treasury on the need for a major boost in funding for social housing organised by Shelter, along with @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social Its a no brainer. Covered in the FT. england.shelter.org.uk/professional_r
- Great new resource for central bank geeks like myself - database of speeches searchable by topic going back to 1986. Congrats to @emacampiglio.bsky.social and colleagues. cbspeeches.com
- Can we create decent, affordable housing within planetary boundaries? Announcing the launch of a new collaboration between @iipp-ucl.bsky.social, Arup, @darkmatterlabs.org and Rising Tide buff.ly/gKjjNBl
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Government to fund additional defense spending by cutting overseas aid budget from 0.5 to 0.3% of GDP. Our Foreign Secretary said the U.S. decision to cut its aid programs was a strategic mistake that would reduce its soft power just 3 weeks ago: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-CollinsThis is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps. www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Lots of lessons here for the Labour party. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
- Much more policy attention is needed on how we make better use of the existing, masively underutilized, UK housing stock. on.ft.com/42TXxyh
- Wage-price spirals: - They don't happen very often. - They don't last very long. www.imf.org/en/Publicati...
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-CollinsReceived a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
- showyourstripes.info Great set of graphics here from DEFRA and University of Reading visualising climate change and biodiversity loss.
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding “The Unbreakabke Law Of Congestion” aka #InducedDemand. Via @wired.com
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-CollinsLonger-term perspective on the rise of US oligarchy
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Great new global macro database www.globalmacrodata.com/research-pap...
- Nice piece from @rowanmoore.bsky.social on the limits to Labour's 'build, build, build' approach to the housing crisis, referencing my work. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Reposted by Josh Ryan-Collins[Not loaded yet]
- Nice piece from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on current housing policy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... referencing my recent @ucl-iipp.bsky.social report on the need to address demand for housing as an investment and the distribution of the existing stock www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
- Hilarious
