Rumour has it that Boris Johnson has done a deal with the EU. The whole of the UK will, supposedly, be leaving the EU. Except,
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Fantasy economics
In Germany Thomas Cook is being saved with EU support. Here we let it go.
As the Guardian notes, Thomas Cook executives face a grilling in parliament this morning. In Germany there is a different story. There Reuters note: Thomas Cook
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Randy Wray on modern monetary theory and tax
I have already mentioned a piece I had written for the Real World Economic Review on modern monetary theory and taxation recently. Now Randy Wray,
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Where was the Green New Deal in the Queen’s Speech?
Yanis Varoufakis and David Adler argue in the Guardian today: American carnage and Brexit collapse, detention camps and environmental breakdown — the daily barrage of
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Making profit should not now be the primary goal of a business: being net-zero carbon should be
The Guardian has reported as part of its Polluters series that: Companies and industries that are not moving towards zero-carbon emissions will be punished by
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The CBI really needs to learn double entry accounting and something about business valuation before it talks about the costs of nationalisation
As the Guardian reports this morning: Labour’s plans for a sweeping renationalisation of utilities would cost Britain almost £200bn, the Confederation of British Industry has said. Branding
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The Queen should quit tomorrow morning
Tomorrow morning the Queen will be requested by her Prime Minister to announce a legislative programme that both she and he know he will not
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Ignorance of economics blights our political debate
Andrew Rawnsley says in his comment in the Observer this morning: Both [the Tories and Labour] will fight the coming election by promising an extravaganza
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