"Return of the State" new collection of 20 essays from the Progressive Economy Forum that calls for bold public intervention to build a fairer and more dynamic post-Covid economy. Leading economists, including Ann Pettifor, Will Hutton, Robert Skidelsky, and Guy Standing outline the policies and reforms needed to meet the five huge challenges of our times - Covid19, austerity, Brexit, inequality, and climate change.

Shadow Business Secretrary Ed Miliband, Financial Times columnist Martin Sandbhu and the New Economic Foundation's Miatta Fahnbulleh will be joined by chapter authors Robert Skidelsky, Ann Pettifor, Kate Pickett and Will Hutton to discuss effective economic policy for a fair and sustainable recovery from covid-19.

Introductory talks followed by Q&A.

"Return of the State" is available online and from bookshops from 29 April. A time-linited 25% discount is available from the publishers with the code AGENDA25: https://www.agendapub.com/books/148/the-return-of-the-state