Gregory Albo, Department of Political Science, York University, Ontario, Canada Tim Barmby, Reader in Economics, University of Newcastle, UK Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, US Irene Bruegel, South Bank University, London, UK Giuseppe Fajertag, Senior Research Officer, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium Deborah Figart, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Richard Stockton College, New Jersey, USA Paul Gosling, freelance writer; former co-operative development worker, UK Robert Hollands, Lecturer, Department of Social Policy, University of Newcastle, UK Neil Lunt, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Massey University, New Zealand Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, US Ellen Mutari, Monmouth University, New Jersey, USA Genevieve Reday-Mulvey, International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics, Geneva, Switzerland. David Purdy, Department of Social Policy, University of Manchester, UK Martin Robson, Lecturer in Economics, University of Newcastle, UK Christer Sanne, Department of Infrastructure and Planning, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden John Schmitt, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, US Patricia Thornton, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK John Vail, Lecturer, Department of Social Policy, University of Newcastle, UK Hilary Wainwright, Research Fellow, International Centre for Labour Studies, University of Manchester; editor, Red Pepper, UK John Wells, Lecturer in Economics, Cambridge University, UK Jane Wheelock, Reader in Social Policy, University of Newcastle, UK Rachel Woodward, Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Economy, University of Newcastle, UK.