@CorletWalker

Research Fellow @CUSP_uk @UniOfSurrey | Writes about postgrowth economics & the financialisation of care

 University of Surrey, England
surrey.ac.uk/people/christine-corlet-walker
Joined December 2016
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📰 New article in #EcologicalEconomics looking at Growth Dependency in the Welfare State: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… We take #AdultSocialCare as a case study & find 3 core processes driving its growth dependency (GD)... @ProfTimJackson @ADruckman @CUSP_uk @ISEEORG @R_Degrowth /1
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Phil 🆓🌍🧩🎲@Phil_Free_30 Jun 2024
“Historically, the productivity trap has created an impetus for economic growth because productivity gains have been taken largely as profit by shareholders, rather than redistributed in the form of reduced working hours.” Growth dependency - #PostGrowth sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Growth dependency in the welfare state - An analysis of drivers in the UK’s adult social care sector & proposals for change.

ALT Growth dependency in the welfare state - An analysis of drivers in the UK’s adult social care sector & proposals for change.

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CUSP@CUSP_uk28 May 2024
A decade of outsourcing in health and social care in England: What was it meant to achieve? —New @spaajournal paper by @AMBachMortensen, @BenGoodair and @CorletWalker. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/health/pap… cc #CarelessFinance #SustainableWelfare #Healthcare #SocialCare #Privatisation #NHS

A decade of outsourcing in health and social care in England: What was it meant to achieve? |...

The increased private provision of publicly funded health and social care in the UK is a highly contentious topic, with policies promoting outsourcing to re ...

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Anders Bach-Mortensen@AMBachMortensen22 May 2024
📢New @openaccess paper in @spaajournal What was private provision of the NHS and adult/children’s social care meant to achieve? We reviewed the policy intentions justifying outsourcing for all sectors - and evaluated it against the evidence. Paper: doi.org/10.1111/spol.13036
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Ben Goodair@BenGoodair23 May 2024
Why did Sunak call the #generalelection yesterday... Released inflation figures? Internal pressures? A miscalculation? No... It's because we published a new paper tracking the politics of outsourcing policies, with stark conclusions... Paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… 🧵:
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Christine Corlet Walker@CorletWalker19 Mar 2024
📰 New article in #EcologicalEconomics looking at Growth Dependency in the Welfare State: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… We take #AdultSocialCare as a case study & find 3 core processes driving its growth dependency (GD)... @ProfTimJackson @ADruckman @CUSP_uk @ISEEORG @R_Degrowth /1
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Must-read paper @CorletWalker, @ProfTimJackson et al explains how the current #welfarestate depends on economic growth & how a rethink will be necessary to make it growth-independent #postgrowth #omgroei sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Christine Corlet Walker@CorletWalker19 Mar 2024
📰 New article in #EcologicalEconomics looking at Growth Dependency in the Welfare State: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… We take #AdultSocialCare as a case study & find 3 core processes driving its growth dependency (GD)... @ProfTimJackson @ADruckman @CUSP_uk @ISEEORG @R_Degrowth /1
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CUSP@CUSP_uk19 Mar 2024
Growth dependency in the #WelfareState: An analysis of drivers in the UK’s adult social care sector and proposals for change. New paper by @CorletWalker, @ADruckman and @ProfTimJackson. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/ccw-g… cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #SustainableWelfare #BeyondGrowth #EcologicalEconomics

Transforming growth dependency in the welfare state—Journal Paper

Modern economies rely on economic growth for stability and prosperity, but this dependence is ecologically unsustainable. Understanding growth dependency is ...

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We demonstrated this in principle for the care sector, with cross-party support for amends to the UK's Health&SocialCare Bill 2022 that would have reduced GD *and* generated +ve outcomes for workers & residents 👉cusp.ac.uk/themes/appg/healt… /8

Tackling predatory financial practices in the adult social care sector | Briefing note for the UK...

The Health and Care Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords on Tuesday 7 December. Coinciding with a new Panorama investigation, Crisis in Care: F ...

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The amends were not passed in the end. But we use this example to show that there are routes to growth independence within the welfare system, by identifying & transforming the underlying structures that generate them. Our job now is finding momentum & support for such changes /9
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Reminder 📢 The deadline to apply for this communications intern possition with @ISEEORG is *TOMORROW 9th June*!
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CUSP@CUSP_uk17 May 2023
The Hidden Masters of the Universe | New BBC Radio 4 documentary with CUSP researcher @CorletWalker on the financialisation of the #HealthCare sector. → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/bbc4-… cc #CarelessFinance #SustainableWelfare #PrivateEquity #PostGrowth #Degrowth #BeyondGrowth

The Hidden Masters of the Universe | BBC Radio 4 documentary with Christine Corlet Walker

BBC Radio 4 documentary with CUSP researcher Christine Corlet Walker, discussing her research into private equity ownership in UK care homes.

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New @BBCRadio4 doc looking at the role of #PrivateEquity across sectors. In it, I speak to BBC Newnight's Economics Editor @BenChu_ abt the impacts of such investors on UK care homes. TLDR? It's not good. Catch it on replay: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lyw…
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