The FT has an article this morning that notes: US oil companies stand to receive a windfall of more than $60bn this year if crude
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Farage is going nowhere
As the FT has noted in an article this morning, referring to a rally that Nigel Farage held in Swindon on Thursday: Farage told the
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Review: Capitalism – A Global History
Regular reader Rob Gray sent me this review of Sven Beckert’s new global history of capitalism, which I thought worth sharing. I have undertaken the
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Economic questions: the Abba Lerner question
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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Laffer’s curve: the greatest tax myth of all
After a week in which I can fairly describe work as being hard because of the fatigue I felt last weekend, which it now turns
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A passport tax would solve the problem of tax refugees
The Guardian posted this comment yesterday: Wealthy UK nationals fleeing war in the Gulf are seeking sanctuary in countries such as Ireland and France to avoid hefty
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The printing money myth
We have just published this short video on YouTube and many other channels. This is the transcript: The question that people often ask is, why
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Global water bankruptcy
Regular commentator on this blog, Mark Meldon, drew this report to my attention. I think the most appropriate thing I can do is share the
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Economic questions: the Joan Robinson question
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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