Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune Magazine, a columnist for Zeteo News, and the author of several books, including ‘Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom‘. She was awarded the 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize by the Broadbent Institute.
She is the former economics commentator for the New Statesman, and her work has been featured in publications including The Guardian, The Independent, MSNBC News, Jacobin, and Current Affairs. Grace appears frequently in UK and international media, including BBC Question Time, Talk TV‘s Piers Morgan Uncensored, and MTV News.
The 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by Grace Blakeley, illustrating why neoliberal capitalism has overruled democracy and why we must organize to take back democratic power for the working-class.
