mainly macro

  It may be a coincidence, but the possibility of fresh leadership seems to have inspired a couple of papers published by Labour groups on h...

  I want to expand on a footnote to last week’s post. As I said there , we now have clear evidence that austerity from 2010 onwards helped...

  Recently Chris Dillow wrote about how stupid Westminster politics (which is most of UK politics) has become. I’m always wary when oldies ...

  It is beyond dispute that the UK economy is suffering from a second lost decade, by which I mean a sustained period of poor or non-existen...

  If it gets into power right wing populism typically does great damage to the economy. The systematic evidence is here , and we have too ma...

  G overnments around the world are cutting taxes on petrol or fuel, including in Germany, Italy, Spain and Canada. The UK government has c...