Friday, 20 May 2016

Helicopter money and fiscal policy

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Both John Kay and Joerg Bibow think additional government spending on public investment is a good idea, and that helicopter money (HM) is...
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Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Economics reporting without any economics

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Mike Berry explains in this article how the UK media began to see the increase in the deficit in 2009 as a serious problem, and sometimes ...
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

A General Theory of Austerity

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“If we cannot puncture some of the mythology around austerity … then we are doomed to keep on making more and more mistakes” Barack ...
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Monday, 16 May 2016

Brexit, immigration and £100

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With so many heavyweights, from Barack Obama to Mark Carney, saying that we will be worse off with Brexit, why are the polls still neck and...
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Friday, 13 May 2016

Media, Economics and Brexit

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Martin Sandbu at the FT says “It is now fair to say that the debate on the economics has been won by the Remain side.” He was of course ta...
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Thursday, 12 May 2016

Economists say no to Brexit

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Today the Times has published a letter about Brexit. It is short and sweet. Focusing entirely on the economics, we consider that it ...
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Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Scientists and media training

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Suppose a scientist finds that a product being used by some industry to help enhance their products is in fact dangerous. Their research is...
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