mainly macro

This covers ground which others may be more knowledgeable about, so please let me know of any references or sources that I really should r...

One of the impacts of 2010 austerity we saw again last week. Widespread flooding ruining hundreds of homes, and costing a life. Can w...

Project Fear was the device that allowed those arguing for independence for Scotland to ignore the short term fiscal realities [1], and it...

This post mainly uses examples from the UK, but I suspect much the same story could be told in many countries. The reaction to Obama's...

Today illustrated very clearly why the monthly CFM survey of mainly academic, mostly macro UK economists was such a good idea. (And someth...

Those who think current levels of inequality are not a problem can skip this one The Blair governments did a lot to fight poverty, but ...

David Cameron has pledged that, if he wins the 2015 election, he will spend the next two years renegotiating the UK’s terms of membership, ...