We can use private capital for public benefit
Thursday, December 7th, 2023I was asked this question on the blog last night and, to be candid, was just too tired by the time I finished work to
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The accounting for QE is anything but transparent
Thursday, December 7th, 2023I am at present working on the draft of an academic paper on the accounting for quantitative easing. Like all such papers, it will be
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Sunak looks like a prime minister with a decidedly short sell-by date
Thursday, December 7th, 2023I wrote yesterday that: In fairness to the Tories, it looks quite likely that they will split over [Rwanda]. The possibility that the supposed most
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There is a way out of stagnation. Its not hard to work out. It could be delivered. But first of all we have to care about each other. Is that possible?
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023Martin Wolf has a column in the FT this morning that is headlined: He does not answer the question as to what the solution is.
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It is time for the people of the US to speak out, or it will be too late
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023Fascism is heading for the USA. As the Guardian reports this morning: Trump had to be asked twice during the televised town hall event in
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We could do things so very differently
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023There are rare moments when I think everything must change. Sometimes, these have been personal. Other times, I have realised that organisations I have been
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New glossary item: open market operations
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023I have added a new glossary item on open market operations as I needed to define the term for some work I am doing. The
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Is it time to charge VAT on ultra-processed foods because of the massive harm that they do to society?
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023The Guardian has an article with this headline this morning: It also has an article with this headline: The two between them reveal a truth
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The government's desire to have access to the bank accounts of every benefit claimant - including pensioners - whilst refusing to take powers to tackle tax abuse - reveals malicious intent on their part
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023This speech was made by Labour backbench Sir Stephen Timms in the House of Commons on 29 November during a debate on the government’s new
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