Recent suggestions from the Resolution Foundation make no macroeconomic sense
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024I noted a new report from the Resolution Foundation on Monday. In that report, that think tank suggested that maybe 30% of all households in
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The December inflation figure is just fodder to let the Bank of England keep interest rates high for as long as possible
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024As the Office for National Statistics has reported this morning: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 4.0% in the 12 months to December 2023,
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All fascists are terrified of the arts
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024I noticed this Tweet thread yesterday: The creeping spread of fascism is apparent in every word of that. Gary Lineker cannot express his personal opinions
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Prem Sikka reminds David Cameron of his commitments on country-by-country reporting
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024This exchange took place in the House of Lords yesterday: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con) One of the best things we can do for
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Of interest rates, and other things....
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024There has been a long and ongoing debate in the FT and elsewhere about what base interest rate level the world’s central bankers should settle
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The truly worrying message from the mess that Labour has created for itself in Rochdale
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024Readers of this blog will be familiar with me criticising the Labour Party these days. It does, however, feel almost unfair to pick on it
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Why isn't Labour interested in company fraud?
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024There was an article in the FT yesterday suggesting that the price of incorporating a company in the UK may be too low and that
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The opposite of a certainty is not an uncertain uncertainty
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024Donald Rumsfeld became better known for his known unknowns, and his unknown unknowns than he was ever known for his supposed knowns. Such is the
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People are noticing that we have politics almost wholly disconnected from what people want or need
Monday, February 12th, 2024I don’t usually quote the Shropshire Star here, but they have a report this morning that says: [A] poll, carried out by Survation on behalf
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