Matthew Taylor has delivered a disappointing report on employment in the gig economy. It was so disappointing that much of the talk flowing from it
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Brexit is dying
The Brexit truth that needs to be spoken was stated on the World at One yesterday by former Tory MP Matthew Parris, who said: The
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Let there be money
The Progressive Pulse blog had a really useful post by Charles Adams yesterday asking two questions. The first is what is fiat money, which is
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There is always a counter-argument, except on coffee
Nothing I have read this morning has given me as much pleasure as this, from the Guardian: People who drink coffee have a lower risk
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The end of the small state?
There are, as they say in the BBC, other economics blogs available. I should add, some of them are also rather good. Flip Chart Fairy
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Economics as religion
The Guardian has an excellent long read today. By John Rapley, it explains how economics became a religion. It is well worth reading. I think
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The government’s desire to slash regulation is going to cost us a fortune, yet again
In 2015 I worked with the BBC Today programme on an investigation into a recruitment agency called the Anderson Group that looked as if it
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Nothing would restore confidence in pensions more than people seeing their cash paying for the new hospital they’ll use in old age
The following article by me was published in the Observer on 14 July 2002. Not that much has changed since, and my sentiment remains largely
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