I share this from The Observer, who published it yesterday. As co-creator of the Green New Deal I claim the right to do so: The
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Does politics matter?
An old friend wrote to me this morning, and said: I increasingly worry less and less about politics and politicians, and what they decide, as
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The insult in buy-to-let gains is fuelled by the continuing injustice of our tax system
As the FT notes this morning: Buy-to-let landlords in London who sold up in 2018 made an average gain of £248,000, underscoring the growth of
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Economics is still teaching dogma and techniques wholly unsuited to real world need
Joris Tieleman, a PhD Candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam, writing in The Conversation has noted that: Economic thinking governs much of our world. But the discipline’s
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Tim Rideout in action on ending the six tests
This is the video of Dr Tim Rideout’s talk on why the six tests for a Scottish currency proposed by the Growth Commission have to
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The headmaster of Stowe’s comments aren’t just vile: they’re eugenic
I am far from alone at being horrified by an article on the front page of The Times this morning, which said this (and I
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Pretty much all that most people need to know about modern monetary theory
One part of my morning today will be to give a seminar on modern monetary theory. It’s based on this material, which I wrote last
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Why the Scottish Growth Commissions six currency tests should be replaced by seven new tests
Dr Tim Rideout, the author of the resolution that overturned SNP currency plans for independence, gave a talk last night on the need to replace
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Has ‘Auditor’s Nose’ ceased to exist?
A regular commentator on this blog sent me a mail saying this yesterday: I came across this article today. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-05-07/how-major-banks-turned-a-blind-eye-to-the-theft-of-billions-of-pounds-of-public-money I did know about it, having
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