Ha-Joon Chang recommended the CLASS think tank Progressive Toolkit to all in the Progressive Economy Forum yesterday. As CLASS says of it: This Progressive Toolkit
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Spot the woman
The Electoral Reform Society has done a Wordle (as think they are called) of the given names of those standing for election on 12 December:
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Labour’s not going to tip us over any edge
This is from the Times: If you want the OECD data this is it: Labour is going to put us slightly up the rankings. But
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies is a reactionary force in economics
The Guardian has an editorial today in which they say: Economics dominates public debate while being seen as an abstract authority over which people have
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10 things you need to know about UK government debt
The Jubillee Debt Campaign has written a briefing entitled 10 key facts about UK debt. They are worth sharing. Ten key facts everyone should know before discussing
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Uncounted: The November Taxcast
This month on the Tax Justice Network Taxcast TJN CEO Alex Cobham talks about his new book The Uncounted on the politics of counting. Who’s missing from the stats, from the
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