Filling the voids in the post-Elizabethan era
Tuesday, September 20th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: It’s indisputable that the Queen’s death marked the end of an era. It also creates two empty
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It's time to radically reform the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee
Friday, September 16th, 2022Prof Danny Blanchflower and I issued this press release late yesterday: The Mile End Road Economists Time to reform the Bank of England Monetary Policy
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Kwarteng is basing his policy on fantasy economics
Wednesday, September 14th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: In a week when politics is not meant to be happening the government has let it be
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King Charles the Last of the United Kingdom?
Monday, September 12th, 2022The King begins a tour of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland today, accompanied by Liz Truss, whatever the reason given by Number 10 for her
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Truss is putting the monarchy at risk by joining Charles on tour
Sunday, September 11th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I had decided that I would leave aside discussion of the monarchy and its role in our
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Truss does not care
Monday, September 5th, 2022I have just posted this thread on Twitter: I took the weekend off writing. I deliberately wanted a break from commenting on the crisis that
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Truss will usher in the era of the politics of neglect
Thursday, September 1st, 2022The Tory party leadership hustings are over. Only extreme optimists think Sunak has won, and even they know that his doing so would be a
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Neoliberalism is eating itself
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022A new podcast from me with The Echo Chambers Podcast in Ireland. The kinks in the tweet are live and I think this is worth
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It seems that Sunak might want to 're-educate' me
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022I have posted this thread on Twitter: In 2016 I took my sons, then in their mid-teens, to Munich on holiday. We had a great
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