When there is so much need for new thinking - and when that thinking is available - we get an offering as bad as the one Labour put on the table yesterday
Friday, February 24th, 2023Keir Starmer launched a new Labour policy initiative yesterday. It managed 20 seconds on Channel 4 news, below the SNP leadership election. And there was
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Sunak does not have a £30 billion windfall. Instead the economy has a £30 billion cash deficit it cannot do without.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023I often wonder when it might be that the idea that we tax and then spend will be replaced with a proper understanding of the
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The failings of Companies House
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023I published this glossary entry under the title of the Registrar of Companies yesterday. I am trying to add between ten and fifteen entries a
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What is a company?
Tuesday, February 21st, 2023This glossary entry was published yesterday. Does it work? It would be good to know if this is the sort of detail people want. There
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Toning down the unreasonable comments on this blog
Monday, February 20th, 2023There is a new comment on the blog this morning, in which the following is said: While I really appreciate the blog, and enjoy much
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Why do we put up with the myth of shareholder virtue?
Monday, February 20th, 2023I posted a couple of entries in the glossary love the weekend. One was on shareholders and the other on stakeholders. I offer them here
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What does the City of London do for the UK?
Monday, February 20th, 2023Martin Wolf has been obsessing in the FT about the low rates of savings and investment in the UK, making the rather basic error of
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Neoliberal myths
Friday, February 17th, 2023One of the new pages now published on the blog refers to neoliberal myths. At the moment this is a bit of a placeholder page,
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Updating the blog
Friday, February 17th, 2023I have been talking about the glossary I am working on quite a lot of late but to add this facility has required a fair
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