What is the left for? The case for a politics of reciprocism
Think tank: IPPR
Author(s): Harry Quilter-Pinner et al
July 28, 2026
This report from UK think tank IPPR call for reciprocism, where the state should do more for us, and ask more in return.
Reciprocism is based on a simple idea: the state should do more for people, while asking more of them in return.
Instead of treating people as individual consumers, progressives should treat them as citizens, with a new generation of rights and responsibilities and a clearer understanding of what people can expect from the state and what they owe one another.
