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Comment on macroeconomic issues
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Covid and the unforgivable mistakes that cost tens of thousands of lives in the UK
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As the Covid Inquiry progresses, it is clear the government led by Boris Johnson made two catastrophic mistakes during the pandemic of 20...
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
The extreme right and austerity
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Brad DeLong’s invaluable Grasping Reality carries a section called ‘Very Briefly Noted’, and on 15/10/23 it had the following two items ...
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
What does being an iron Chancellor actually mean?
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Rachel Reeves in her conference speech ( text version ) only mentioned the word ‘iron’ twice (‘iron discipline’ and ‘iron-clad fiscal rule...
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Thirteen years of creating doubt and uncertainty for UK business
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France has 12 high speed train lines , and is planning to build 4 more. Spain has even more. Yet the only high speed line the UK currently ...
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Braverman is a feature not a bug of Conservative electoral strategy this century
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Much has been written about how the dividing lines of UK politics have changed from being class based to age based . As John Curtice put i...
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Challenges to the strong golden rule: MMT and bond market paranoia
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The idea that responsible fiscal policy involves matching plans for future taxes to projected day to day government spending, often called...
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