Publications
Friday, February 10th, 2023This page refers to and links where possible to my major publications, largely to shut up those trolls who say I have never written anything.
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You can’t say MMT does not work because you think Scotland will be a failed state after independence
Monday, March 25th, 2024This tweet was posted over the weekend: “I’m the Fox Mulder of MMT. I want to believe, but there’s a thing called the current account
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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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Irish people see their history in Palestinians' eyes
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024This Tweet includes words that I think to be important from the Irish Taoiseach (prime minister): I think he really does reflect Irish feeling when
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The introduction to the Taxing Wealth Report 2024
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024Introduction Taxing Wealth Report published I have already published a short summary of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. However, the report also needed an introduction,
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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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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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The UK does not have a national debt but does instead offer a range of national savings products
Thursday, March 14th, 2024My evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs committee on the sustainability of the UK’s national debt is now available on the parliamentary website;
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The Tory view of British values
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024Rishi Sunak spoke yesterday of the need for the government, police and others to stand up against those who oppose British values. But, just what
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