It's not just Thames Water: the whole of the English water industry is environmentally insolvent
Friday, March 29th, 2024I posted this thread on Twitter last June, but it is just as relevant today: There has been much discussion about the likely failure of
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It is essential that the state regulate the private sector if we are to avoid fascism. It looks as if both Labour and the Tories have abandoned this goal.
Friday, March 29th, 2024In April 1938, President Franklin D Roosevelt sent a message to Congress in which he said: Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths
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Are you a democrat, or not? That is the question that MMT poses, and which everyone needs to answer.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024This comment/question was put up on the blog this morning by someone called Peter Rodd. I am presuming it is genuine: Enjoy your posts and
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Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rule is the same as John McDonnell’s and Jeremy Hunt’s. All three offered austerity.
Thursday, March 21st, 2024In 2018, I wrote a blog post making clear that I profoundly disagreed with the fiscal rule that was proposed at that time by John
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The introduction to the Taxing Wealth Report 2024
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024Introduction Taxing Wealth Report published I have already published a short summary of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. However, the report also needed an introduction,
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The depravity of Rachel Reeves' Mais lecture
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024It seems that everyone with time on their hands and nothing constructive to think about is talking about Rachael Reeves Mais lecture speech to be
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Are HM Revenue & Customs intent on making the right amount of tax as hard as possible?
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024One of my arguments in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 was that HM Revenue & Customs should be transformed to make the UK tax system
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How wrong can Policy Exchange be?
Thursday, March 14th, 2024I have noted in a mail from The Telegraph this morning thay they say: Britain must save more money to boost the economy through a
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The UK does not have a national debt but does instead offer a range of national savings products
Thursday, March 14th, 2024My evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs committee on the sustainability of the UK’s national debt is now available on the parliamentary website;
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