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Comment on macroeconomic issues
Thursday, 31 October 2024
A budget that points the way but doesn’t get us very far
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Did Rachel Reeves set Labour on a path to ending austerity, and making up for the lack of public investment over the last fourteen years? ...
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
October Budget 7: Soaking the rich?
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This, my final post on the forthcoming budget, is designed to provide a guide to how to read what Reeves announces (or doesn’t announce) i...
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
October Budget 6: Thanks to Truss, bond market scare stories are back
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In truth they never went away, but after Truss there is a danger that they will be taken more seriously. The FT recently published a clas...
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Why are the Conservatives ignoring the median voter?
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If the candidates for the Tory leadership sound much like ministers in the last year of the Conservative government, it’s because the leader...
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
October Budget 5. The UK’s Fiscal rules: one good and one bad
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On 30th October Rachel Reeves will be setting out her first budget, rather than responding to someone else’s decisions. She will be leadin...
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Why improving health is an excellent investment in the economy
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Last week the IPPR’s Commission on Health and Prosperity published its final report . The report not only makes a number of important reco...
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