Neoliberal Myths
Friday, February 10th, 2023Once the Tax Research Glossary is up and running with sufficient entries to make it useful the next issue that I intend to tackle is
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Are you a democrat, or not? That is the question that MMT poses, and which everyone needs to answer.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024This comment/question was put up on the blog this morning by someone called Peter Rodd. I am presuming it is genuine: Enjoy your posts and
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The governor of the Bank of England makes the case for ending central bank independence incredibly well
Friday, March 22nd, 2024Andrew Bailey from the Bank of England is featured in the FT today. It is hard to know whether the attitudes he displays are best
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There is no reason for the Bank of England to keep interest rates at anything like 5% - so why are they going to do so?
Thursday, March 21st, 2024This is data on the consumer price index for the last year or so published this week by the Office for National Statistics: Why show
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Inflation tumbles, and still we wait for signs that the Bank of England might respond
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024As the Office for National Statistics reported at 7.00 this morning: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.4% in the 12 months to February
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Lessons from Japan and the Bank of England: monetary policy cannot be used to control inflation
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024As the FT reports this morning: The Bank of Japan has ended an era of negative interest rates, raising borrowing costs for the first time
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Why are their Lordships so frightened of modern monetary theory?
Saturday, March 16th, 2024I have already noted the bizarre evidence submitted by Joe Stiglitz to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee. Now, I have been tipped off
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Joe Stiglitz really should not talk about modern monetary theory when he so obviously has no clue about what it actually says
Friday, March 15th, 2024I have not had time to read all the evidence submitted to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee on the sustainability of the UK’s national
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How wrong can Policy Exchange be?
Thursday, March 14th, 2024I have noted in a mail from The Telegraph this morning thay they say: Britain must save more money to boost the economy through a
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