2020 July 03

Business bailouts must build an economy that works for everyone

Posted on July 3 2020

I was a co-signatory to this letter this morning: The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Cc:
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Making video…..the YouTube channel is coming

Posted on July 3 2020

I spent this morning recording five introductory videos for my new YouTube Channel: The Channel launches tomorrow – and each major theme gets an introductory
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Friday thoughts

Posted on July 3 2020

From my Twitter account this morning:

15

The IFS really should get sectoral balance accounting right or not talk about macro

Posted on July 3 2020

The IFS and the NIESR held an event on the state if the economy this week. They published their slides. The slide pack includes this
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When there is record unemployment in the UK remember that this is what Johnson has chosen to deliver

Posted on July 3 2020

The London Evening Standard had an interview with Boris Johnson yesterday. Presumably Johnson owed George Osborne, its editor, a favour. They opened their feature on
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GOD is right: we need to tackle wealth inequality through the tax system. We just have to make it more than a token gesture

Posted on July 3 2020

As The Guardian noted last night: The UK government’s response to the coronavirus and the dramatic rise in public borrowing during the crisis should include
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The government has a long way to go in delivering bailout condition transparency

Posted on July 3 2020

The government announced yesterday that: The UK government has today confirmed that it has provided an emergency loan to Celsa Steel (UK) Ltd to allow
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