Labour’s dedication to austerity will be a disaster for this country
Thursday, February 16th, 2023I am well aware that many people, most especially on Twitter, are surprised about my concerns about Labour and the prospect that it might form
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10% of GDP is made up - it simply does not exist in the real world
Tuesday, February 14th, 2023As part of the work I have been doing on GDP for the glossary a comment was made about the little-known element within GDP that
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Austerity
Thursday, February 9th, 2023Work on the glossary is advancing: it has now grown to 36,000 words and there are still more than 100 entries to add (and maybe
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What is the Bank of England for if its plans for a digital currency are so incoherent?
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023I do not usually return to a theme the day after I have written about it, but having read John Cunliffe’s speech about digital banking
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The UK does not need a digital currency: the vanity of central bankers does
Tuesday, February 7th, 2023There is much discussion in the media today about the possibility that the Bank of England might create a digital currency for use in the
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Why aren't we bothered about small business?
Monday, February 6th, 2023I missed this data when it came out, but it seems worth sharing: The first thing to note is that Covid killed one in twelve
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Time to update the blog design?
Monday, February 6th, 2023Two ideas came in last week as a result of the discussion on the glossary. One was from regular commentator Ian Tresman. His suggestion is
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What Truss got wrong
Sunday, February 5th, 2023There must be some politically aware, people who have not seen or heard of Liz Truss’ 4,000-word article in the Sunday Telegraph today, in which
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A glossary of economics, tax and accounting
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023A year ago I was setting out on writing a book. That book was one of the casualties of my long-Covid in the second half
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