Batten down the hatches: we’re in for the roughest of political rides
I feel for the USA with Trump as president. Who wouldn’t? With a man so incompetent in charge so much is at threat. There are
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There are good economists in the world but most of them aren’t working in university economics departments
I have long had high regard for US economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in the USA. Today he’s got an
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What would I say?
It’s not very often that I read the morning’ s news and think there’s not a lot I want to say. This morning happens to
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Richard Murphy FAIA (Hon)
I have never been awarded an honorary fellowship before, but today I am becoming an honorary fellow of the Association of International Accountants, which is
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The growth in personal debt in one chart
Credit card debt is not, of course, the whole of the personal debt market. But the following chart, from the FT, provides a remarkable insight
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Isn’t politics about moving public opinion and not following it?
This comes from Politics Home this morning: Andrew Gwynne said Labour had so far managed a “very clever” line on Brexit, but admitted that “could become
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The personal debt crisis was manufactured by Conservative governments, and Mark Carney’s failure to respond
I noted the Bank of England’s suddenly discovered concern about personal debt in the UK yesterday, and the threats that they are issuing to banks
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The UK government provides the perfect ‘no questions asked’ money laundering arrangements
I had a mail from a person in the company formation business in the last few days. They said: I don’t know if you have
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