Moderation has been very slow today. Please accept my apologies. The delay is because I seem to have got a bug (no, not Covid) and
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We are heading for 5 million unemployed and a fixation with balanced budgets will mean that cost will have to be accounted for by economists who have doomed these people to despair
The Resolution Foundation has a new report out this morning on the job market and the impact of furlough. As they note, unemployment is now
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Boris Johnson: the leader of a cowardly government
The Guardian has noted that: MPs have suggested that a “north-south divide” in the Conservative party could be its “undoing” and lead to a string
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Scottish independence would be a disaster for the people of Scotland if the Growth Commission plans were to be followed
Laurie MacFarlane had an excellent post out on Open Democracy yesterday. This was the heading: The piece is a critique of the work of Andrew
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Reframing the deficit
This is a really good thread from Stephanie Kelton: And for those who ask how I reconcile this with my call for hypothecated saving, that’s
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