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Comment on macroeconomic issues
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Capital and Right Wing Populism
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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...
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Should the government compensate consumers for cost of living shocks?
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G overnments around the world are cutting taxes on petrol or fuel, including in Germany, Italy, Spain and Canada. The UK government has c...
Tuesday, 14 April 2026
Orbán, Trump and the International Right Wing Populist Movement
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If you doubted that right wing populism is an international movement, then the turnout of support for Victor Orbán and his party Fidesz ...
Tuesday, 7 April 2026
Taxation as Insurance, Welfare and Entitlements
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A rather abstract discussion which leads to a very specific conclusion about the merger of income tax and employee national insurance cont...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
The damage that right wing populists do
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History, and events today, tell us the damage that fascism can do. Right wing populism is a milder form of fascism. Right wing populism is...
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Both Reform and Conservatives are now officially Islamophobic
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After 9/11, when George W Bush declared a war on terror, he at first described it as a crusade. European leaders, and especially Tony Bla...
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