Bond markets are reported to be twitchy this morning. Gilt rates are rising. The City of London is muttering about “fiscal credibility”. And the reason
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Wanted: a Prime Minister
The UK government has a job vacancy that is becoming available with increasing frequency at present. It wishes to recruit a new Prime MinisteCandidates must
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Why British politics no longer works in seven words
Why do so many people feel alienated from politics in Britain today? Why has trust in political parties collapsed? And why do so many voters
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It really is time to go for PR
I had the misfortune to hear former Tory MP, and now Tory peer, Michael Gove speaking on Trevor Phillips’s show on Sky yesterday. Without batting
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Clive Lewis: the Labour MP who gets it
Clive Lewis MP published this Tweet last night. I think he might have been reading some of what I have been saying here on defence,
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What happens when you do not understand MMT
The FT included an article this morning that demonstrates very clearly why MMT thinking is so important. This was an opinion piece by a person
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How to end vilification
I was amused to note an FT article yesterday suggesting that New York’s financial elite are up in arms about Zohran Mamdani’s new second-home tax,
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The worst attack on MMT, ever?
I spent too much of this weekend reading this book. I did so in order that I might write this review, and trust me, you
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When Do Markets Break?
What happens when markets stop working? That is the question at the core of this video, and it matters because we are entering a period
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