Wednesday, 19 March 2014

I got to the third sentence of Osborne’s speech

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The second and third sentences of the Chancellor’s budget speech today were:              “We set out our plan. And together with the B...
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Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Greece and denying responsibility

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My earlier post making some parallels between attitudes to Greece and attitudes during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s was picked up ...
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Sunday, 9 March 2014

Inequality and the media

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Kathleen Geier asks why there is not more outrage about growing inequality. Her starting point is an excellent piece by Justin Fox, in wh...
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Friday, 7 March 2014

The sharp but effectual remedy

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This is about the Eurozone, and it needs to be rather long to be provocative. You do not need any prior knowledge to understand the message...
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Thursday, 6 March 2014

Economics, Politics and Naivety

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I’m no fan of UK Chancellor George Osborne’s economics, but he is a pretty good politician. He pulled out all the stops a few weeks ago wh...
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Saturday, 1 March 2014

Forward Guidance is not Forward Commitment

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Some recent discussions I have had with those who follow monetary policy in the UK and US, and indeed some who actually make that policy, s...
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Sunday, 23 February 2014

Two Anti-Keynesian myths

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This is mainly of interest to economists, but given the importance of these issues, I have tried to write it in an accessible manner. S...
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