These things I believe
Monday, August 1st, 2022This weekend a person who has all the appearance of being a right-wing troll, but may be the concerned member of the Labour Party that
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The inflationary cycle we've got is not driven by wages - but by excess profits
Friday, July 29th, 2022I have just posted this thread on Twitter: Tories are arguing that wages must not rise as strongly as prices or we will get an
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Stagffluence is the problem that we face
Wednesday, July 27th, 2022I am posting here the introduction from a piece by two colleagues at the University of Sheffield, Professors Rowland Atkinson and Andrew Baker. Andrew is
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If only the Green New Deal Group had been listened to in 2008 a lot of the current cost-of-living crisis need not have happened
Tuesday, July 26th, 2022This morning the Business and Energy Select Committee has issued a report staying: In 2008 the Green New Deal Group, of which I am a
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Freeports are a threat to democracy in the hands of Sunak and Truss
Monday, July 25th, 2022In advance of tonight’s debate between Sunak and Truss a thread on a subject that I think might come up – which is freeports: I
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Tax spillovers, the REF and tax transparency
Tuesday, July 19th, 2022As academics know, the REF, or Research Excellence Framework, is a big deal as far as universities go. Happening once every even years it appraises
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Tories want to cut public services and create a lot more really shit jobs
Sunday, July 17th, 2022The painkillers seemed to kick in this afternoon, and so I wrote a Twitter thread, largely inspired by the Tory leadership candidates: Tory leadership candidates
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Will the Bank of England seek to create further distress in an economy already suffering too much?
Tuesday, July 12th, 2022As the Guardian notes this morning: Britain’s retailers are suffering the sharpest drop in spending since the depths of the coronavirus pandemic as hard-pressed consumers
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The FTSE 100's audits and climate change: a sorry tale of the Big 4 ducking the issue
Monday, July 11th, 2022Growing concerns about the impact of climate-change on business performance have increased demand for greater climate-related disclosures at large companies. The quality of those disclosures,
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