Over the last day or so, a host of trolls have appeared in the comments on this channel, all questioning my views on modern monetary
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Creating money does not, by itself, cause inflation
This comment was made on this blog by someone whom I presume is a right-wing troll in response to my suggestion that we should not worry
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What would a courageous government do?
This is an apparently serious news report in The Guardian this morning (and no, my copy is not dated 1 April): UK citizens will be
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Is Trumpworld falling apart?
Despite all the bluster from Trump, his world is falling apart. According to reports from the past day, 76% of Canadians support Mark Carney’s position
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£3 trillion of debt? So what?
The national debt is nearing £3 trillion, and almost everything said about that claim is wrong. It is not a debt in the way a
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Could Trump lose in the Corn Belt?
I noticed this little gem in an FT newsletter this morning: Farmers in America’s Corn Belt say they are facing their worst crisis in 40
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The choice is clear: do we want more austerity, or an increase in well-being?
Financial Times columnist Stephen Bush has an article out this morning with the headline: Austerity denial and the mystery of Britain’s shrunken state In it,
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Trump’s war on Canada
Donald Trump has stopped pretending. He is waging economic war on Canada. He’s imposed a 50% trade tariff designed, in his own words, to ruin
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The mising ingredient
Having criticised the media this morning, The Telegraph finally came up with a story. As they have noted: Graduates are facing the worst job market
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