Grace Blakeley

English economics and politics commentator, columnist, journalist and author.

Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine and author of several books, including Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom (2024); as well as The Corona Crash: How the pandemic will change capitalism (2020) and Stolen: How to save the world from financialisation (2019).

She is the former economics commentator for the New Statesman, and a former Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy Research. She appears frequently in UK and international media, including appearances on BBC Question Time, ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Talk TV’s Piers Morgan Uncensored and MTV News.

Sessions

Grace Blakeley appears in the following sessions. Select a session to find out more:

Capitalism, Democracy, and “Bullshit”

Sun 9th March 2025

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