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Comment on macroeconomic issues
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Attitudes towards redistribution
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This book by Charlotte Cavaill é is forthcoming, so this post is based on this excellent podcast , which is well worth an hour or so of ...
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Wage inflation, unemployment and what you wish to believe
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Two weeks ago I described how the UK’s inflation problem has now become about labour market strength and private sector wage inflation. E...
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Economics and neoliberalism
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In an idle moment I was reading through the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, as one does, I came across this paragraph from Kevin Vall...
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
What the United States might tell us about UK inflation
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If you wanted to be optimistic about UK inflation and interest rates, then at first sight looking at the US might help. Here is inflation ...
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
The Farage-Coutts affair exemplifies the bankruptcy of UK media and politics
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Failed politician [1] loses account at exclusive bank. It’s a story with very minor human interest, and of no importance whatsoever. Yet i...
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Labour Tax and Spend is a question of when, not if
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It’s the second leg of a cup tie. Your team you support lost badly in the first leg, but in this match their opponents made a series of hu...
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