I was recently asked to write for Forbes on fairly regular basis. My first column, dealing with the consequences of the US pension deficit, is
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Are the bond markets and rating agencies to be feared?
Ann Pettifor has written: There has been much sturm and drang generated by the Guardian and others on the threat posed to government finances by
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If you thought the recession was all over, think again
The First Post has a report from the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. I don’t like quoting at too much length, but this
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Build America Bonds: An Economic-Stimulus Success
Build America Bonds: An Economic-Stimulus Success – TIME. When Congress wrote the Build America Bond program into February’s $787 billion economic-stimulus bill, many predicted a
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A new Icelandic ‘drop the debt’ campaign?
Debtonation ¬ª Blog Archive ¬ª A new Icelandic ‘drop the debt’ campaign? . My Green New Deal colleague, Ann Pettifor blogs regularly. She’s written in
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Refocus the regulatory debate on essentials
FT.com / Comment / Opinion – Refocus the regulatory debate on essentials. Nicholas Brady, a former US Treasury Secretary writing in the FT says: Banks
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Cambridge plans bond issue
FT Alphaville ¬ª Cambridge plans bond issue. The University of Cambridge in the UK is planning to raise up to £400m from its first bond
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