Inflation will go away - because it always does - and in the meantime here’s how to deal with it
Friday, May 20th, 2022One of the arguments that Danny Blanchflower and I are making in our two person opposition to the prevailing establishment thinking on inflation is that
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The F word is out in parliament - and rightly so
Friday, May 20th, 2022SNP MP Mhairi Black made this speech in parliament yesterday: https://twitter.com/mhairiblack/status/1526999103615401984?s=21&t=5mxpvylZdZOI-F8OQsCjIA For those who would rather read her speech, this is from Hansard: For a party
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Sunak is a man sleep-walking himself to failure, dragging us with him
Thursday, May 19th, 2022Because I am discussing what Rishi Sunak had to say when addressing the CBI last night with Nick Ferrari on LBC at just after 7
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The inflation we are suffering is by government choice
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022The ONS has published new inflation data today. The news is not good, although there is no surprise about that. This is the summary chart:
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Why did the Tories vote to support profit over people?
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022The House of Commons voted by 310 to 248 to oppose Labour’s motion to impose a windfall tax on oil and gas producers last night.
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When will the government and Bank of England read the economic data properly and act on it? I wish I could answer that question.
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022The Office for National Statistics issued its latest survey on average weekly wages this morning. I offer two key charts here: That looks reassuring. Except,
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What Andrew Bailey should be telling MPs today
Monday, May 16th, 2022The poverty of Tory thinking is going to be very clearly on display this afternoon. Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, is going
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Why the Bank of England is taking us to hell in a handcart with its belief that we face the risk of stagflation
Saturday, May 14th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I keep reading that we are going to suffer stagflation in the UK. That’s possible, I agree.
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If PWC want more legitimate tax systems this is what they need to do
Friday, May 13th, 2022I spoke this week at a conference organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the legitimacy of tax systems. The conference was held under the Chatham House rule
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