I try very hard to be positive about the Labour Party’s  economic policies, and I promise you, it is hard.  Take this morning as an
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In principle a government with its own central bank does not need to issue gilts to cover its deficit: it can simply run an overdraft
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This video has just been published by Jeremy Leggett of Solar Century and the Green New Deal group. He has been at the forefront of renewable
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I’ve just read a column by Paul Krugman on whether the US has full employment, or not. I think he’s called the issue wrong by
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Yours to enjoy, from last week:

According to the FT: KPMG has been sternly rebuked by the UK accounting watchdog for an “unacceptable deterioration” in the quality of audit work it
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The UK is expected to have GDP of £2,054 bn this year (table 4.1 here). In current cash terms that is expected to grow to £2,116 bn
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This graphic is from the Guardian: And this one is from the US-based Commonwealth Fund in 2017: When you hear the right wing say the NHS
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Commentator Stephen Fergusson has written this on the blog in response to the discussion on the ‘household analogy’ of the economy. It reflects comments made
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