The state we're in
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023I gave a talk to a combined meeting of Oxford for Europe and Cambridge for Europe last night entitled ‘The State We’re In’. These were
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A sane government would stop the out-of-control autocrats at the Bank of England. Ours just applauds them
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023The Guardian has reported a speech by Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill, given in New York yesterday. In the speech, Pill said that
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The Republicans are seeking to defund the US tax authority. How long will it be before the Tories copy them?
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023The Republicans in the US House of Representatives took a long time to agree on a Speaker last week. But having done so, they got
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Labour should not be attacking GPs unless they too are in the business of undermining the NHS
Sunday, January 8th, 2023A couple of days ago Wes Streeting, Labour’s shadow health secretary, attacked GPs, saying their finances are murky, in the process obviously seeking to blame
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We need more anger: change depends upon it
Wednesday, January 4th, 2023I shared this thread on Twitter this morning: I wrote a blog post yesterday that was surprisingly popular. Based on observation of behaviour witnessed during
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2023: good luck surviving it
Sunday, January 1st, 2023Despite the impression many seem to have of me, I live life in a generally optimistic mood, and enjoy much of it a great deal.
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Recession, protest, monarchy and renewal: 2023 in prospect
Thursday, December 29th, 2022When I discussed my post reviewing 2022 in retrospect yesterday with one of my sons I mentioned that I was musing on keywords around which
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MMT answers
Tuesday, December 20th, 2022I got an email overnight that I could reply to as a private mail, or I could hide the identity of the person who sent
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If only the Institute for Economic Affairs understood accountancy
Friday, December 16th, 2022On Wednesday the Telegraph posted an article by Neil Record, who happens to be the Chair of the notorious Institute for Economic Affairs. The headlines
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