Professor in Economics & Finance @iipp-ucl.bsky.social | macroeconomic policy, sustainable finance, land & housing | https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/64753 https://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3mjkarqlix22sJoin me next tuesday for this excellent panel on how to make better use of the existing stock in London. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkarqlix22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3mivgqqqkc22nJoin me and a fantastic line up of speakers at the @compassoffice.bsky.social / PEF annual conference on 30th May - tickets below. https://www.compassonline.org.uk/events/changenow-mobilising-the-progressive-majority/07 Apr 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivgqqqkc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3mhdnawr6v22cPressure will be on the @bankofengland.bsky.social tomorrow to stop cutting rates in the face of price rises. But it should learn the right lessons from the Covid/Ukraine inflation - tightening monetary policy is the wrong appraoch to supply-side shocks like this. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/18/raise-interest-rates-us-war-iran-price-controls-public-ownership18 Mar 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdnawr6v22chttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3mgk5non5ek23The @europarl.europa.eu looks set on tuesday to vote through a report on the EU housing crisis that rejects the idea that financialisation has been a key driver. Read my co-authored letter with @danielagabor.bsky.social arguing aginst the report's findings https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/oct/letter-european-parliaments-hous-committee08 Mar 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgk5non5ek23https://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3mdkh4ojqg22bMy interview with the housing journalist @peteapps.bsky.social on demand-side drivers of the housing crisis https://peteapps.substack.com/p/why-you-cant-afford-a-home-in-conversation29 Jan 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkh4ojqg22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3ma3txircec2kHear my diagnosis of the drivers of the UK housing crisis on this excellent new BBC Radio 4 program led by @vickyspratt.bsky.social https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002nk2h16 Dec 2025 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma3txircec2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3m6z2xcjc3c2dI'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: https://tickettailor.com/events/kclpoliticssociety/196366402 Dec 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6z2xcjc3c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3m5gunpom6c2qInflation-targeting (IT) central banks fared no better in controlling the 2021-2023 inflation than non-IT central banks, according new paper from IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/10/24/navigating-the-2022-inflation-surge-571068 We need a new macropolicy framework. WIll be working on this over the next two years with my team @iipp-ucl.bsky.social12 Nov 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gunpom6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3m4lnonk42k2rNeoliberalism --> populism [from Funke et al (2023) Populist Leaders and the Economy https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257%2Faer.20202045&ref=socos.org p361]01 Nov 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4lnonk42k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3m3ewcp4nec25The 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. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/oct/letter-european-parliaments-hous-committee17 Oct 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ewcp4nec25https://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3m3aevf44mk2vOpportunity 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 https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2025/oct/15/stamp-duty-britain-housing-crisis-property-tax-economists#comments15 Oct 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3aevf44mk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3m2p2vmwpns2oIf 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. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/08/tories-scrap-stamp-duty-kemi-badenoch-conservative-conference-speech08 Oct 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2p2vmwpns2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3lzxud2xlk22yIts 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. https://medium.com/iipp-blog/the-tragedy-of-the-measure-to-manage-green-financial-policy-paradigm-a12193b9dac129 Sep 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxud2xlk22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3lyzhbrce7k2i"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 https://on.ft.com/4nvu0BT17 Sep 2025 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzhbrce7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jryancollins.bsky.social/post/3lyn5rpsfrs2hMark 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. https://medium.com/iipp-blog/the-tragedy-of-the-measure-to-manage-green-financial-policy-paradigm-a12193b9dac112 Sep 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:2sr37etfbk7dtebew7oiz4hm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyn5rpsfrs2h