Mathew Lawrence

Mathew is Common Wealth’s Founder and Director. Prior to founding Common Wealth, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, working on their Commission on Economic Justice. He is the co-author of Owning the Future (Verso, 2022) and Planet on Fire (Verso, 2021).

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UK
Energy
Fossil Fuels
Briefing
2025-04-27
27.04.2025

Nationalise Gas to Lower Bills: How a Public Strategic Reserve Can Lower Costs and Enhance Energy Security

As gas plants are phased out, they should be brought into public ownership.
US
Politics
Briefing
2025-01-20
20.01.2025

The Next Regime

Defending American democracy requires refounding it for the 21st century.
UK
Corporate Power
Briefing
2024-05-16
16.05.2024

A Firm Partnership

This briefing note introduces Common Wealth’s upcoming programme of corporate governance reform, launching this summer with a mix of research, policy development and advocacy.
UK
Energy
Briefing
2024-02-15
15.02.2024

The Case for Ambitious Public Ownership of Renewable Generation: Ten Common Questions and Common Wealth’s Answers

How public ownership of new renewable capacity can accelerate the energy transition.
UK
Energy
Report
2024-02-12
12.02.2024

The Greatest Generation: How Public Power Can Deliver Net Zero Faster, Fairer and Cheaper

A new public green energy generating company should be the vehicle for the just transformation of the UK’s electricity system.
UK
Corporate Power
Briefing
2023-03-24
24.03.2023

Stagnant and Unequal: How the UK is an Outlier in Corporate Governance and Why That Matters

UK
Energy
Report
2023-03-07
07.03.2023

A Wholesale Transformation: Evaluating Proposals for Electricity Market Reform

The wholesale market is not fit for purpose. We assess the alternatives.
UK
Energy
Report
2022-09-26
26.09.2022

Power to the People: The Case for a Publicly Owned Generation Company

UK
Finance & Pensions
Report
2022-06-21
21.06.2022

Asset Manager Capitalism: Where Next?

UK
Work
Briefing
2022-05-01
01.05.2022

May Day: A World of Work to Win

UK
Community
Interactive
2021-09-26
26.09.2021

A New Model

UK
Health & Care
Report
2021-03-20
20.03.2021

Caring for the Earth, Caring for Each Other: An Industrial Strategy for Adult Social Care

Care work is green work.
UK
Politics
Report
2021-03-08
08.03.2021

Covid-19 and 21st Century Public Ownership

UK
AI & Tech
Report
2020-12-02
02.12.2020

A Common Platform: Reimagining Data and Platforms

UK
Politics
Report
2020-10-05
05.10.2020

Democratic by Design: A New Community Wealth Building Vision for the British Economy After Covid-19

Developing the ecosystem to reconstruct communities and grow local economic democracy across the UK.
UK
AI & Tech
Work
Report
2020-07-20
20.07.2020

Data and the Future of Work

Among the areas of life affected by the pandemic, work is perhaps the sphere that has been most radically reshaped.
UK
Corporate Power
Interactive
2020-07-07
07.07.2020

The Green Recovery Act

Nine steps to secure a green and fair recovery.
UK
AI & Tech
Interactive
2020-05-20
20.05.2020

Mapping Digital Infrastructure

Covid-19 has exposed a deep digital divide.
UK
AI & Tech
Report
2020-05-18
18.05.2020

Democratic Digital Infrastructure

Building a 21st century digital infrastructure should be a key goal of a bold economic recovery plan after Covid-19.
UK
Corporate Power
Report
2020-04-17
17.04.2020

Commoning the Company

Rewriting company rules and building public wealth for a fairer, stronger post-crisis economy.
UK
Transport
Briefing
2020-03-22
22.03.2020

Emergency Landing: How Public Stakes Can Secure a Sustainable Future for Aviation

This briefing note examines the recent corporate behaviour of the aviation sector – and argues that any bailout of the sector must be contingent on ensuring job security, action on climate change, and a strategic public ownership stake.
UK
Politics
Report
2020-02-11
11.02.2020

Ownership Futures: Towards Democratic Public Ownership in the 21st Century

A year-long investigation into the politics of public ownership.
UK
AI & Tech
Briefing
2019-12-09
09.12.2019

Full Fibre Futures: Democratic Ownership and the UK's Digital Infrastructure

Reimagining the internet will require new models of democratic ownership. A Common Wealth report on the future of broadband.
UK
Corporate Power
Report
2019-11-13
13.11.2019

Examining the Inclusive Ownership Fund

UK
Housing & Land
Interactive
2019-09-11
11.09.2019

Rewilding UK

A plan to restore and rewild 25% of the UK.
UK
Community
Interactive
2019-07-05
05.07.2019

Green New Deal City

The city of 2030.
UK
Politics
Report
2019-07-05
05.07.2019

Road Map to a Green New Deal: From Extraction to Stewardship

An introduction to Common Wealth's UK Green New Deal.
UK
Corporate Power
Report
2019-06-12
12.06.2019

Democratic Ownership Funds: Creating Shared Wealth and Power

Recent decades have seen a rapid and little-discussed transformation in corporate ownership structure, with vital consequences for company behaviour and inequality.
UK
Politics
Report
2019-04-24
24.04.2019

Owning the Future: Toward the Democratic Economy

In the face of crisis, we cannot afford smallness of ambition. An introduction to Common Wealth.
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