I have not got time to unravel the true horrors of this story – and anyway, Professor Daniella Gabor has already done it really well.
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Coronavirus is not going to treat everyone equally
It’s commonplace on the left to say that the BBC is on the side of the right, and supports the government. It’s not a view
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The Millennials’ Money
There has been a lot of favourable comment about J D Alt’s videos on money on this blog over the last day or so. I
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Andrew Bailey and the fridge
On Sunday Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England said that the Bank would not undertake direct monetary funding (DMF) of government spending. As
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On Sunday the Bank of England said it would not fund the government and today it is going to do just that: welcome to the world where we realise that there isn’t taxpayer money because the government makes its own
At the weekend Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England, said that the Bank would not engage in direct monetary funding (DMF) of
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Stock markets are now inherently unstable because current accounting standards have ceased to value the real worth of companies
Financial markets are proving themselves to be highly irrational at present. Take the FTSE 100 as example. This is the chart for this year: Markets
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Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield Management School
It was confirmed to me yesterday that I have been appointed as a visiting professor at the University of Sheffield’s Management School working primarily on accounting
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The only outcome of this crisis is going to be recession – and the government has to begin talking about that fact and how it will manage it very soon
I was involved in discussion with academic colleagues yesterday on the economic consequences of the coronavirus crisis. One of the issues discussed was whether or
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