Is this war all about politics?
Friday, January 12th, 2024I do, as always, have questions about the outbreak of armed conflict by the UK. That is unsurprising. I am a Quaker, but would add
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War, fear of inflation and central bankers in increasing order of threats to our wellbeing
Friday, January 12th, 2024I published this thread on Twitter (X) this morning: War, of some sort, has begun in the Red Sea and Yemen. The UK is involved.
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Video v Podcast
Thursday, January 11th, 2024About a year ago, I tried to produce a podcast called The Account, and for all sorts of reasons, it did not really work. To
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The threat to the UK economy now is not inflation: deflation is the real threat now
Thursday, January 11th, 2024The Guardian has reported this morning that: The Bank of England may be forced to bring forward the date of its first interest rate cut
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How can the failure of English water companies be addressed?
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024The Guardian has an article addressing the above issue today in which they look at alternatives to private ownership if the U.K. water supply and
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The bank loan and money creation story to date, and its consequences
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024As I often explain about my writing of this blog, much of my motivation for doing so is to work out what I think about
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The lessons to learn from Martin Luther King
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024This article to mark Martin Luther King Day in the USA, which is on 15 January, was written by an old friend of mine, Ben
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Are student loan repayments an inverted wealth tax?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024The Guardian, FT and others have reported this morning on a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the cost of student loans,
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The money creation and regulation paradox
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024I make no apology for returning to the stories of money creation that have rather dominated this blog for the last few days. I reflected
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