The evidence is mounting, from the Kings Fund, the Nuffield Foundation and others that the revised NHS bill adds massive more admin complexity at considerable extra
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Art Uncut have an article in the Guardian this morning on their objectives. They say: Art Uncut aims to bring about a culture shift, to create a
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George Osborne believes in the absurd theory of expansionary fiscal contraction. It’s worth giving the notion a few minutes of thought since his belief is
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The markets are confident this morning that Greece’s parliament will vote for austerity so apparently all is well with the world. It shows the crass
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I just noticed this blog had its 7,000th post in the last day. The first post was in June 2006 so that’s near enough 1,400 a
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Aditya Chakrabortty is an economics leader writer on the Guardian. He’s very good at his job. He is not just a good economist, he is
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According to the FT: Last year, UK companies raised just £1.3bn in new equity, net of buy-backs and acquisitions. As my research has shown, we
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This blog has a comments policy for the good reason that it needs one given the pile that come in on many days (50 is
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I’ve been reflecting on the situation in Greece and have pointed out that much of what is happening is the inevitable consequence of neoliberal thinking. So too is the
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