I do rather like this quote from the massively under-read ‘Theory of Moral Sentiments’ by Adam Smith (published 1759) quoted in a comment on this
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There was what  many people might think a hideous article in the Financial Times over the weekend.  It had the title ‘Raising the minimum wage
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Larry Elliott has a piece on the UK’s productivity in the Guardian this morning and whilst Larry and I may both be members of the
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I was curious to note a couple of adjacent headlines in an email from the FT, received this morning. They looked like this: Three years
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I have been asked to explain why I oppose the Lib Dem policy of increasing the personal allowance to £12,500 a year from its current
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I was troubled to read this comment in the FT this morning: Globalisation and free trade have brought many advantages. But that sense that companies
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After yesterdays economic data the one thing that is now very obvious is that the UK needs a pay rise. Low pay is unsustainable. Poor
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This was posted this morning by Markit Economics based on Bank of England and ONS data: The inflation trend my be upwards. The pay rate
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This is another chart from this morning’s Bank of England Inflation Report: The Bank seems to want to see upward growth here. And it is
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