I have, this morning, published the last in the currently planned series of what I have called “economic questions”. A little reluctantly, and as a
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This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have
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In a world where everything appears to be increasingly incoherent, I spent much of yesterday wondering where anyone might look to find the truth. Keir
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What is next for the world? I think we may already know the answer — and it is deeply troubling. In this video, I argue
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), the Comptroller-General of Finances under Louis XIV of France, is widely credited with saying: “The art of taxation consists in so plucking
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As The Guardian reported last night: The bosses of Britain’s “big five” retail banks have been summoned to a meeting with the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, this
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The UK pension system is built on a false idea: that savings and financial assets can guarantee security in old age. In this video, I
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I took time off over the weekend, whilst doing a lot of reading on money, seeking to find ways to reconcile chartalist (MMT) and Marxist
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Will Thomson, who organised the Scottish Festival of Economics, at which I spoke recently, has been chasing other presenters and me at that festival since
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