I have a new podcast out with Prof. Radhika Desai: I really enjoyed this conversation. Like my conversations with John Christensen, I think this is
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I said I would go birdwatching yesterday. And I did. There are four types of geese in this photograph: greylag, Canada, punk-footed and Brent (much
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Politicians and economic commentators constantly talk about “taxpayers’ money”. In this video, I argue that this phrase fundamentally misrepresents how government spending and taxation work.
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The FT has this headline this morning: The claim is then made that: [The] S&P Global’s Purchasing Managers’ Index on Wednesday, … surprised Wall Street
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As The Guardian and every other newspaper in the UK, and many other countries around the world, have reported this morning: Manchester City have been
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I have this letter in The Guardian this morning: Gaby Hinsliff claims that “Every serious party needs billions of pounds to fund their promises, and
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What is a market? Economists often talk about markets as though they are natural forces that operate independently of society and government. In this Understanding
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The Financial Times has reported that billionaire Peter Hargreaves, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, has warned against increasing taxes on wealthy people because, he says, Britain
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I noted over this summer that we appeared to be having a traffic downturn on this blog and elsewhere. I discussed this with other people
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