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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We need to put an end to the economic narratives that are proving to be so destructive of well-being
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024The collapse of a bridge in Baltimore after a ship collided with it is a tragedy for those who lost their lives as a result.
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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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You can’t say MMT does not work because you think Scotland will be a failed state after independence
Monday, March 25th, 2024This tweet was posted over the weekend: “I’m the Fox Mulder of MMT. I want to believe, but there’s a thing called the current account
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Other options are available
Friday, March 22nd, 2024If you can access X or Twitter, as most of us still think of it, then this is worth watching. Green Party peer Jenny Jones
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Radio 2 - 1 pm today
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024I will be on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 today at 1pm discussing the fact that HM Revenue & Customs is shutting
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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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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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Who will survive in the face of the need for essential services? Will it be the landlord and the banker, or the people? That is the question.
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024This was posted in the Financial Times over the weekend but remains well worth sharing because of its broader significance: Parts of South Africa’s largest city
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