The madness of George Osborne - or expansionary fiscal contaction explained
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011George Osborne believes in the absurd theory of expansionary fiscal contraction. It’s worth giving the notion a few minutes of thought since his belief is
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Do the right want us to fall flat on our faces, or are they reserving that option for themselves?
Friday, June 24th, 2011It’s a curious time to be observing politics. Leaving aside for the moment the quite rational fear that Greece will topple over at any moment and trigger
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My speech to the National Pensioner's Convention today
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011I’m speaking to the National Pensioner’s Convention today at Blackpool. It’s a long way to go from Norfolk to make a speech, but pensioners matter,
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Employment in the new NHS - Southern Cross sets the pace
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
What has Field delivered for the NHS?
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011Prof Field and the Future Forum have reported on Lansley’s NHS reforms and found them wanting. Badly wanting. It does look like there will be some
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50% of people think they'll be paying for NHS services soon
Friday, June 10th, 2011The AXA poll referred to in the Guardian this morning is revealing. Amongst the information it discloses is: More than half of those polled said
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We can't have privatised schools and universities or a privatised NHS as Southern Cross proves we have no provision for failure
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011John Kay is usually worth reading in the FT. Today is no exception. As he argues: General insolvency rules are inadequate when a care home,
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NHS Monitor: Integration is not the opposite of competition, collaboration is
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011As many report: In a speech on the future of the NHS, the Prime Minister said Monitor’s ‘main duty’ was to protect and promote the interests
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A little note about the IMF - to be read very soon after you hear George Osborne on the same subject
Monday, June 6th, 2011The following comes from the SturdyBlog by Alex Andreou. Alex is not a professional economist any more. He’s now an actor, so no doubt the Tories
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