From the Guardian business homepage just now: Common sense or the textbook? Which way will he jump? There is only one right option. Odds on
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Post-Corbynomics
I couldn’t resist the title: it was too obvious not to use. And it has resonance. After two months during which the term Corbynomics has
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Economic folly foretold
I think this report from the FT this morning needs sharing: The International Monetary Fund has warned that emerging economies and bond markets need to prepare
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Why Corbynomics is good for big business
I was on LBC last evening, being interviewed by Iain Dale, who offered one of the standard responses to Corbynomics – which is that it
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Reframing the instruments of economic governance
I did not manage to write after John McDonnell’s speech yesterday. A book launch, interviews and recording for BBC1 news, Sky, Newsnight (although I don’t think
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Teaching the reality of money
I loved this comment on the blog this morning from someone called Andy: Incidentally you could replicate the money system in a classroom where the teacher
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Can John McDonnell pull it off?
According to the Guardian, in its anticipatory article on John McDonnell’s speech to the Labour Party conference: McDonnell has promised he will review the role
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The entrepreneurial union
I did a fringe even for The Snith Institute and Unions 21 on putting the economic case for trade unions at the Labour Party Conference
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Does the deficit matter?
I have received numerous notes, and many comments on the blog about John McDonnell’s decision on Friday to back George Osborne’s fiscal charter and to
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