The FT has this headline this morning: You don’t need to read the article. You just need to ask the obvious question, which is “Why?”
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Why economic policy matters for the Greens
As readers here will be aware, I have been tackling those who are seeking to drive the Greens in what they might describe as a
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What will happen if economic growth has come to an end?
For 50 years, Western politics has rested on a single promise: growth. But what if that promise can no longer be kept? In this video,
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Another dud Nobel prize?
The Nobel Prize Committee has posted this on Twitter (X): So here are my questions: Has technological growth run its course, then, as growth clearly
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The second Christmas book – our MMT guide
I have, over the last couple of days, said on at least a couple of occasions that our new book, The Best of the Blog
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Dull brown content
James Meadway, the carpet-bagging economist who served as chief economic adviser to John McDonnell during the Corbyn era in the Labour Party, and who is
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The changing political landscpe
The FT has reported: The Labour party has lost about 100,000 members since last year’s general election, underscoring the dramatic fall in Sir Keir Starmer’s
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The Best of the Blog 2025: the Introduction
The first of our two planned books for Christmas was published yesterday. It was the Best of the Blog 2025. The book is a 200-page
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Big company chief executives don’t create value – they extract it
Chief executives in the UK and the US are now paid hundreds of times more than the people who actually create value in their companies.
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