Genocide is unforgivable
Sunday, March 24th, 2024There are people who are willing to say the right thing about Gaza. This is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaking in the US House of Representatives: There
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Please don’t try to buy this book
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024This book, supposedly by me, is being advertised on Amazon: This comes from Amazon. There is only one problem. There is no such book. I
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Podcasts: an update
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024As regular readers of this blog will know, I started a podcast called The Account a year ago. After five editions, it faded away because
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Growth in the economy creates wealth that never trickles down, but is what Labour says it wants. What is it going to do for the 12 million people in absolute poverty in that case?
Friday, March 22nd, 2024The Guardian reports this morning that: Overall, during the year [2022-23] 12 million people were in absolute poverty [in the UK] – equivalent to 18%
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The governor of the Bank of England makes the case for ending central bank independence incredibly well
Friday, March 22nd, 2024Andrew Bailey from the Bank of England is featured in the FT today. It is hard to know whether the attitudes he displays are best
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There is no reason for the Bank of England to keep interest rates at anything like 5% - so why are they going to do so?
Thursday, March 21st, 2024This is data on the consumer price index for the last year or so published this week by the Office for National Statistics: Why show
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Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rule is the same as John McDonnell’s and Jeremy Hunt’s. All three offered austerity.
Thursday, March 21st, 2024In 2018, I wrote a blog post making clear that I profoundly disagreed with the fiscal rule that was proposed at that time by John
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Not fueling growth
Thursday, March 21st, 2024I suddenly realised that posting about meeting wants and not needs on my birthday might leave me open to allegations of hypocrisy – on the
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I don’t believe in growth
Thursday, March 21st, 2024I don’t believe in growth as an economic panacea. There, I’ve said it, and most economist will be horrified. Why say so now? Because Rachael
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