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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Tax and modern monetary theory: my talk at the MMT Summer Seminar
Wednesday, July 27th, 2022I gave this talk a few weeks ago and it has now been released on Youtube: Other talks from the series are here.
Truss and Sunak need to be careful: their claims are groundless when it comes to debt. The only thing they know about is borrowing.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2022I watched the Tory leadership debate last night. I almost wish I had not. It was unedifying, and the BBC questioners failed to ask questions
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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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Banks and building societies might make £30 billion out of increasing mortgage rates - not a penny of which will be due to their efforts. So when is a windfall tax going to be imposed on them?
Wednesday, July 20th, 2022There are mortgages to a value of approximately £1.6 trillion (£1,630 billion) outstanding in the UK at present. The interest rate on these will be
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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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