There is a lot going on in the world today, and I have an opinion on a lot of it, but when even a barista
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Economic questions: the Naomi Klein question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have
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Trump vs The Pope
Donald Trump is waging a war that will actively harm the poorest people on earth, and the world’s political leaders are almost entirely silent in
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Economic questions: the Joe Stiglitz question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have
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The next Funding the Future event
I had hoped that we would, by now, have been able to announce the next Funding the Future event. We have been working quite hard
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If it take Trump to move Reeves on electricity pricing, what chance of further reform is there?
I have been writing for years about the pernicious impact of the way in which UK electricity prices are set, based as they are on
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Is there a government within a government in Westminster which is beyond ministerial reach?
Nothing about Peter Mandelson’s departures from government has ever been quiet. So it is proving again. As the Guardian noted yesterday, much of what has
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We need freedom from fear
The core purpose of government is to provide freedom from fear. That means freedom from physical threat, Freedom from want, freedom from discrimination and freedom
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Rachel Reeves should not open the bubbly
As The Guardian notes this morning: UK GDP rose by 0.5% in February, new data from the Office for National Statistics shows. That’s much stronger
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