John Weeks is Coordinator of the London-based Progressive Economy Forum and Emeritus Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS). He is author of Economics of the 1%: How mainstream economics serves the rich, obscures reality and distorts policy (Anthem Press), and this year Debt Delusion: Living within our means and other fallacies (Polity). He comments regularly on twitter, @johnweeks41.