Do we have a sickness culture or a sick benefits system?
Thursday, April 25th, 2024The FT has offered an an analysis in so-called sick note culture today. Its conclusion is that there is no such thing. The data on
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Rail nationalisation is a welcome step - but only the first step of many Labour will need to take
Thursday, April 25th, 2024Labour has said it plans to renationalise almost all of Britain’s railways. I welcome that. The simple fact that it is willing to acknowledge that
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Money for nothing and my Tweets for free
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024I was sent a promotion by Abebooks yesterday suggesting I might like to buy a copy of ‘Money for Nothing and My Tweets for Free’,
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Stephanie Kelton in action on late night US TV
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024This was Stephanie Kelton on The Daily Show in the USA last night, talking about modern monetary theory: In case the link does not work
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We need to be awake to nature
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024One of the strangest consequences of running a blog that has quite a high volume of traffic is that I receive a great many press
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What is fair when it comes to tax?
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: Taxes should be fair. I think that’s obvious. Well, it should be to
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Without providing safe routes for potential refugees Keir Starmer has no way of stopping the boats
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024I watched Keir Starmer talking on a news bulletin last night and heard him say, in words that echo those of Rishi Sunak, that we
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and modern monetary theory - again
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024I had a Twitter direct mail message from a quite well-known person a few days ago, asking two questions about the Taxing Wealth Report 2024.
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Who are the wealthy?
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: Who are the wealthy? That’s a really important question, especially when I’ve written
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