As I mentioned recently, video production has been a bit bumpy of late. So we’re going to do them slightly differently for a bit, using
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MMT is encroaching on the consciousness of more and more economists, every day
There was an article in The Times on Saturday in which its economics editor, Philip Aldrick, said in his opening para: Modern monetary theory, received
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The Governor of the Bank of England really does need to tell the truth about QE, even if that means he must find out what it is
I watched some of the Treasury Committee hearing this afternoon. A Bank of England team were being questioned on many issues, including MMT. Steve Baker
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Which bit of the national debt do you want to repay? And why?
I just posted this on Twitter: Answers on the back of a £20 note please to a charity of your choice. Or, in the comments
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The Tax Justice Network’s new estimates of tax lost to tax abuse look to be quite seriously understated
Over the last few months a lot of my time has been devoted to work in the national debt. The result of much of that
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Tackling the idea that there is only taxpayers’ money – because that is completely untrue
A regular commentator, usually simply using the name Andrew, posted this on the blog overnight: It would be good to find a convenient way to
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The history and significance of QE in the UK
The post that follows was written as a Twitter thread. As a result no paragraph is more than 280 characters long. But it grew, and
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Bullying
I have experienced bullying at work. It is not fun. So although it is off usual themes I am sharing this from a well respected
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A Q&A on national debt in a single tweet
I just posted this on Twitter, inspired by a regular commentator here: A Q&A on the national debt. Who are we borrowing from? On what
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